UK
Claire Coutinho used her conference speech to unveil a set of new policies to get energy bills down by 20% in the short term. These include axing the Carbon Tax and removing subsidies, including the Renewables Obligation. She has promised more policies are in the pipeline. On the finge, she told an audience that AR7 must not be allowed to go ahead and that she will be seeking legal advice on her available options if does. She confirmed she is willing to work with allies to stop AR7 before January 2026.
Badenoch also used her speech to say she has had enough of deindustrialisation and will reverse it with a strategy that makes energy cheap again.
Boris Johnson: I went too fast on Net Zero
“I think net zero, we went far too fast. And I’ve got to be honest about that," admits Boris Johnson in his most outspoken comments against the policy he championed. Mr Johnson said he got “carried away” by the idea that renewable energy sources could replace fossil fuels and, as a result, electricity is “too expensive for ordinary people”.
Miliband under pressure over NESO report
Emails show Miliband’s department and his advisers were repeatedly consulted during the drafting of the ‘independent’ report on Labour’s flagship Net Zero target. The report has been repeatedly relied up by the Government as it seeks to justify its Clean Power 2030 plans in Parliament. Coutinho has called for Miliband to be investigated.
SNP ignores Aberdeen oil and gas sector
The SNP has been accused of being “all over the shop” after failing to talk about the future of the oil and gas industry at the party’s conference, despite it behind held in Aberdeen. First Minister John Swinney faces accusations of leaving energy workers “in the dark about their future” as Scotland’s leading trade unionist will say that the Scottish Government’s industrial strategy amounts to nothing more than a "glorified prospectus for the finance sector."
International
Spain at risk of fresh blackouts
Spain’s electricity grid operator has warned that the country is at risk of net zero blackouts just months after similar issues left millions without power. Last week, a 'factual report' found that the chain reaction that led to the mass blackouts began when several solar and wind farms in southern Spain suddenly disconnected from the grid.
Merz pledges to resist 2035 ICE ban
"Such a hard cutoff in 2035 will not take place, if I have anything to do with it, and I will do all I can to achieve this," says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking out against the EU's current goal of phasing out new cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, only allowing the registration of new all-electric vehicles by that date.
China to build 11 new oil storage facilities
China is building new oil storage sites as it stockpiles crude while it is cheap. This year and next will see a total of 11 new storage sites built across the country, with a combined capacity at some 169 million barrels.
Etcetera…
Maurice appeared on GB News to discuss Boris Johnson’s u-turn on Net Zero. He also posted viral thread on X that busts the myths about China’s so-called push for renewables.
Andrew wrote for City AM about the new risks to green energy investors following the collapse of the climate consensus. He also appeared on Talk TV to talk about blackout risks
Harry hosted an event on the fringe at Conservative Paty conference. The event was attended by Lord Offord, the Shadow Energy Minister, and Kathryn Porter
From the blog
FRI, OCT 3
All change at the Unite union
Are we finally seeing the unions offering genuine and unequivocal support for workers in the oil and gas industry?
To be fair, the GMB have long been consistent in refusing to indulge the Green activis
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