Workers are at the heart of Labour’s mission to decarbonise Britain’s economy, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said, vowing to avoid the mistakes of the mass closure of coal mines in the UK. Speaking at the GMB union’s Congress in Brighton on Tuesday, Starmer promised decent pay, safer work, and better infrastructure, as “new nuclear,…
Labour Will Create Jobs in Nuclear, Renewables, Says Starmer Amid Union Concerns
Trade Union Demands Clarity From Labour Over Halting New Oil and Gas Production
Trade union Unite called on Sir Keir Starmer to clarify that workers will not pay the price should any plan to block new North Sea oil and gas developments be announced by the Labour Party. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said on Wednesday that tens of thousands of workers in North Sea and supporting industries…
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Blocking Road Outside Buckingham Palace
Over two dozen climate activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after they blocked The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in protest against the expansion of oil and gas projects in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said 25 arrests had been made at The Mall, after members of Just Stop Oil, a spin-off from Extinction…
UK Launches New Licensing Round for Offshore Oil and Gas
A new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea will be launched at 6 p.m. on Friday, the UK’s oil and gas regulator said. The plan was initially announced in April as part of the government’s energy security strategy amid high prices and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Business and Energy Secretary Jacob…
31 Climate Activists Charged After 60-hour Oil Terminal Blockade in Scotland
UK police have arrested and charged 31 climate activists from a group called Just Stop Oil, which blockaded an oil terminal in Scotland for around 60 hours. The protest at the Nustar Clydebank facility in West Dunbartonshire—which began around 4.10 a.m. on May 3—has now ended, Police Scotland said on May 6. The force said:…
Greenpeace Loses Legal Bid to Revoke Permit for North Sea Oil Field
Greenpeace has lost a legal bid to have the UK Government’s decision to allow BP to drill for oil at a field in the North Sea overturned. The environmental campaign group took legal action at the Court of Session, Scotland’s highest civil court, calling for BP’s permit to drill the Vorlich field in 2018 to…
Britain, Norway in Post-Brexit Fisheries Deal With EU
OSLO/COPENHAGEN—Norway, Britain, and the European Union have reached a trilateral deal on catch limits for jointly managed North Sea fish stocks following the UK’s exit from the EU, the three parties said on Tuesday. The new trilateral deal, covering common North Sea fishing quotas for cod, haddock, plaice, whiting, herring, and saithe, is the first…
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