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Why are the oil companies complaining?

Posted by Richardg — 18 April 2011 at 4:41pm - Comments
Cairn's tugs drag icebergs out the way of its Arctic oil drilling rig
All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace
Cairn's tugs drag icebergs out the way of its Arctic oil drilling rig

Ever since last month’s Budget, oil companies have been complaining about George Osborne’s tax on North Sea oil and gas. Yet many have just announced record profits - boosted considerably by current sky-high oil prices. What do they take us for?

Article tagged as: budget, cairn, cairn energy, climate change, conservatives, Encore, EnQuest, exxon, george osborne, green investment bank, Nautical Petrolem, politics, renewable energy, shell, Statoil, Valiant Petroleum, Xcite Energy

Energy bill lobbying brief

Last edited 8 April 2011 at 2:37pm
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8 April, 2011 (All day)
Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy bill, lobbying, politics

UK carbon emissions figures 2010 - Greenpeace response

Last edited 31 March 2011 at 11:57am
31 March, 2011

Reacting to the publication of UK carbon emission figures for 2010, Dr. Doug Parr, the chief scientist for Greenpeace, said:

“Climate-changing pollution should be falling, not going up – so what these figures show is that the UK is moving in the wrong direction. Politicians can’t blame it on the beginnings of the economic recovery because whilst the economy has grown slowly, carbon emissions have grown faster.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, energy, politics, transport, UK

Government aviation scoping document - Greenpeace response

Last edited 31 March 2011 at 12:13pm
30 March, 2011

The head of Greenpeace’s transport campaign, Vicky Wyatt, said:

“The prime minister made clear that rising carbon emissions were a key reason he opposed the growth of London’s airports so it’s worrying that these new transport proposals seem to put a new emphasis onto aviation growth happening by the back door at regional airports.

The government’s climate plan needs pollution from planes to be kept within limits. Clearly the aviation industry has been ramping up their lobbying efforts but Ministers should learn the lessons of the Labour years and not cave in.”

Article tagged as: aviation, energy, politics, transport

'Greenest government ever' keeps us addicted to oil and other dirty energies

Posted by jamie — 24 March 2011 at 4:32pm - Comments

So yesterday's budget was from the self-proclaimed 'greenest government ever', but was it the greenest budget ever? How could it be, when it has done nothing to break our addiction with oil, hobbled the Green Investment Bank before it's even started, and provided a windfall for nuclear power.

Article tagged as: budget, climate change, george osborne, green investment bank, politics, renewable energy

Budget 2011 briefing

Last edited 29 March 2011 at 11:59am
Publication date: 
29 March, 2011

A briefing prepared in advance of the 2011 UK government budget, explaining how the chancellor's decisions will affect the Green Investment Bank, clean energy schemes, transport solutions and the carbon levy.

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Article tagged as: budget, carbon levy, clean energy, climate change, energy, green investment bank, politics

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