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UK Government “pouring fuel on the fire” as Jackdaw field approved

02nd June 2022
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Cambo: Billion pound ‘gamble’ risks our collective safety

08th April 2022

New owners doesnt change the fact that Cambo oil field is bad for climate and household energy bills.

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UK Energy Strategy: new oil & gas is ‘unbelievably reckless’

07th April 2022

The new UK Energy Strategy is criticised for expanding the production of climate-wrecking oil and gas.

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Cambo oil field: Licence extension keeps doomed project on ‘life support’

30th March 2022

Criticism of UK Government decision to grant a 2 year extension to the licence to develop the controversial Cambo oil field.

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Shell slammed for oil and gas expansion plans

22nd March 2022

Environmental campaigners have slammed oil giant Shell for trying to capitalise on the war in Ukraine as an excuse to expand their UK oil and gas operations.

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UK climate advisors call for ‘tighter limit’ on oil and gas

24th February 2022

UKCCC advice bolsters calls for end to new oil licenses in a bid to curb dangerous climate warming

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‘Obscene’ BP profits show broken energy system in UK

08th February 2022
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UK Energy System is ‘Fundamentally Broken’

03rd February 2022

Energy Price Rises & Oil Company Profits Show that the UK Energy System is ‘Fundamentally Broken’

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Shell pull out of Cambo oil project

02nd December 2021
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