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North Sea oil and gas firms emit a coal plant’s worth of emissions through flaring and venting
North Sea oil and gas firms’ flaring and venting released nearly 20m tonnes of CO2e from 2015-19.
North Sea oil and gas firms’ flaring and venting released nearly 20m tonnes of CO2e from 2015-19.
12 iconic photos from a year of disruptions - and the struggle to protect our future
Denmark will cancel all future licensing rounds for new oil and gas in the Danish part of the North Sea and end existing production by 2050.
Times are hard for offshore oil and gas workers, and many are looking for a way out of the industry. These skilled workers could build our renewable energy future. So why aren’t they getting the help they need?
This report shares the testimonies of workers in the industry and their perspectives and priorities in the looming energy transition. The survey results show that morale is low amongst the workforce, who feel they are bearing the brunt of an industry in decline. But these workers are willing to retrain and move to new sectors. They want secure and well-paid work that makes use of their skills and experience.
BP's new strategy drastically scales back the company's climate commitments from just a few years earlier
The support Greenpeace has received since being fined £80,000 for attempting to stop BP drilling for new oil has been staggering. Here’s a message of thanks from John Sauven, our Executive Director, and Meena Rajput, one of the activists
Greenpeace has been landed with £80,000 fine over the attempt to block a BP oil rig from drilling for 30 million barrels of new oil in the North Sea in June 2019. But Greenpeace will not give up its fight to protect our climate.
Greenpeace UK has been fined £80k for breaching a court interdict during a protest against a BP oil rig in the North Sea last summer. But campaigners are still challenging BP's drilling permit in the courts. The oil giant plans to drill a major new well giving it access to up to 30 million barrels of oil.