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  • Who Owns the Wind?

    The promise of a publicly owned renewable energy system The North Westerly gale billows and shakes the heavy white pvc of the marquee on the Portsoy harbourside, Aberdeenshire. Festival goers drift from stall to stall, under the pallid light of sun through plastic, dithering over the t-towels and pots of honey. At one end of…

    Who Owns the Wind?

  • 26 Oct 2016 admin

    Today’s oil drilling round could bust us through UK’s climate limits

    The UK government is pushing a massive new offshore drilling programme, that will take the UK beyond its climate limits. Oil companies had until 2pm today to bid for 1200 blocks covering large swathes of the sea off North-west and North-east Scotland and England. This is the the 29th Offshore Licensing Round, and it aims to identify hundreds of millions in…

    Today’s oil drilling round could bust us through UK’s climate limits

  • 7 Oct 2016 admin

    Subsidising spills – British public pays BP $300 million to drill and spill

    BP came under criticism this week when it caused a 95 tonne oil leak from its Clair Field into the North Sea. The company decided not to clear up the spill, and wait for the oil to wash further out to sea. The new spill comes as BP no longer pays net taxes to the…

    Subsidising spills – British public pays BP $300 million to drill and spill

  • 15 Mar 2016 admin

    6 reasons why #Budget2016 really really shouldn’t subsidise North Sea oil even more

    Osborne is announcing his #Budget2016 on Weds, and there’s lots of pressure from the oil barons for more subsidies and tax cuts. Their income has been hit by the falling oil price, and in all those years of bonanza profits they never thought to save for this rainy day (even though it was predictable given the mostly cyclical…

    6 reasons why #Budget2016 really really shouldn’t subsidise North Sea oil even more

  • 22 Jun 2015 admin

    What is Energy Democracy and how do we pay for it?

    To build energy democracy we need to break the control of corporations over our energy. Companies like BP and Shell and the Big Six play an enormous role in determining which fuels are used to generate energy, how much we pay for electricity, and where the profits go. These big companies work hard to convince…

    What is Energy Democracy and how do we pay for it?

  • 18 Mar 2015 admin

    #Budget2015: Welfare for Fossil Fuels, Austerity for the rest

    This blog was written jointly with Greg Muttitt of Oil Change International Today, Osborne announced massive tax breaks and subsidies for North Sea oil companies. A new £1.3 billion in subsidies will be handed to oil companies, with the burden transferred to the public. £1.3 billion could cover the costs of employing another 20,000 nurses…

    #Budget2015: Welfare for Fossil Fuels, Austerity for the rest

  • A manifesto for Energy beyond Neoliberalism

    We’ve written a manifesto titled Energy beyond Neoliberalism: “This is a call for energy democracy. Not energy security or energy separation. A survivable and just energy future means breaking the grip of elite interests on our energy systems, ending dependency, increasing autonomy, building diverse power structures through which we can hold one another to account,…

    A manifesto for Energy beyond Neoliberalism

  • 5 Nov 2014 admin

    Pumping Revenue into Israel’s coffers: the Israeli-Jordan Gas Deal

    Our new report reveals just how much money Jordanian electricity users will be contributing to Israeli budgets – if the proposed gas import deal goes ahead. In September 2014, the Jordanian National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) signed an agreement with Noble Energy to import large quantities of gas from Israeli-controlled East Mediterranean waters. The proposed…

    Pumping Revenue into Israel’s coffers: the Israeli-Jordan Gas Deal

  • 15 Sep 2014 admin

    The Secret Figures Behind North Sea Oil

    What’s missing from the oil debate around Scotland’s referendum? The dominant voices on both sides of the #indyref debate have focused on total reserves left on the UK Continental Shelf, and on the potential for an oil fund. But the debate has shied away from asking in whose interest oil should be governed, and whether…

    The Secret Figures Behind North Sea Oil

  • BP using crackdown to steamroll unpopular project in Egypt

    BP is back in Cairo. The multinational never quite left, but intense community opposition put its flagship North Alexandra project on hold during the last three years. With former military leader Abdel Fattah El-Sisi firmly installed in the President’s chair, now BP has seen an opportunity to restart drilling and construction.  CEO Bob Dudley was…

    BP using crackdown to steamroll unpopular project in Egypt