Oil
No formal Cop26 role for big oil amid doubts over firms’ net zero plans
Officials from fossil fuel firms may attend fringe events but campaigners hail lack of official role
Matthew Taylor
21, Oct, 2021 @2:24 PM
Oil and coal-rich countries lobbied for changes to UN climate report, leak shows
States with large meat and dairy industries also attempted to amend IPCC’s report, documents say
Robyn Vinter
21, Oct, 2021 @10:50 AM
There are no real climate leaders yet – who will step up at Cop26? | Greta Thunberg
Like other rich nations, the UK is more talk than action on the climate crisis. Something needs to change in Glasgow, says climate activist Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg
21, Oct, 2021 @10:30 AM
Joe Manchin leads opposition to Biden’s climate bill, backed by support from oil, gas and coal
West Virginia senator objects to bill that would steadily retire the coal industry which continues to provide ample financial support to him
Oliver Milman
20, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
Energy crisis reignites demand for oil, threatening climate targets, says IEA
International Energy Agency warns shortage of gas and coal could trigger oil market rebound
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
14, Oct, 2021 @1:18 PM
Forget net zero – let’s have a ‘fossil freedom day’ | Mark Lynas
Imagine if we knew that sometime in 2047 we would definitively move on from the industrial revolution, says climate change writer Mark Lynas
Mark Lynas
14, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill
Attorney general will seek to determine cause of spill and how it could have been prevented
Mark Oliver and agencies
11, Oct, 2021 @11:22 PM
Rotting Red Sea oil tanker could leave 8m people without water
Tanker Safer has been abandoned since 2017 and loss of its 1.1m barrels would destroy Yemen’s fishing stocks
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
11, Oct, 2021 @3:16 PM
Johnson’s backing for the Cambo oilfield is unscientific and potentially disastrous | Peter Capaldi
The government should be supporting green jobs for fossil fuel workers, not deepening our dependency on oil and gas, says actor and campaigner Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi
11, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
Why California’s enormous oil spill won’t be its last
The state’s ageing oil infrastructure means more disasters are likely as companies move away from fossil fuels
Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles
09, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
Canada invokes 1977 treaty with US as dispute over pipeline intensifies
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer says Line 5 of pipeline is a ‘ticking time bomb’ and has ordered it shut down
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
06, Oct, 2021 @2:56 PM
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds
Trillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
Damian Carrington Environment editor
06, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
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