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lbc. co. uk > article > heatwave-london-climate-un-5 Hjdby C_2

'London is cooking': UN chief issues warning as he urges countries to cut fossil fuels | LBC

15+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1132+ words) 4pm - 6pm4pm to 6pm 4pm - 7pm4pm to 7pm London is "cooking, the United Nations chief has warned, as he argued that the world cannot double down on fossil fuels in the face of devastating climate change. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres referenced Charles Dickens" novel A…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > uks-energy-strategy-steve-reed-gas-middle-east-5 Hjd Whm_2

UK 'too dependent on fossil fuels from Middle East' says Steve Reed, insisting government's energy strategy is 'the right one' | LBC

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (847+ words) Housing Secretary Steve Reed has insisted the UK's energy strategy is "the right one" and ruled out petrol rationing, as concerns grow over the impact of Middle East tensions on fuel prices. Speaking to Lewis Goodall on LBC, Mr Reed…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > cop30-fossil-fuels-pledge-5 Hjd NFh_2

COP30 ends without new pledges to cut fossil fuels as UK among nations rejecting new draft | LBC

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (724+ words) More than 80 countries have demanded a plan to phase out fossil fuels, but the latest COP30 draft deal has ignited anger after all references to fossil fuels were removed from the text. UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has backed the final…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > cop30-gone-green-but-west-still-stuck-fossil-fuels-opinion-5 Hjd Mcc_2

The world's gone green - but the West is still stuck on fossil fuels even as COP30 happens | LBC

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1121+ words) It was a bit of a jaw-dropping moment when renewables overtook coal as the world's biggest source of electricity. I remember the days when editors would laugh at wind turbines when they burst into flames. That was ten years ago…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > more-fossil-fuels-isnt-just-bad-planet-terrible-financial-judgement-opinion-5 Hjd GQf_2

More fossil fuels isn't just bad for the planet - it's terrible financial judgement | LBC

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (638+ words) There's a direct relationship between economic growth and energy abundance. Their era of economic dominance, however, is ending - not only as we finally grasp the impact they have on our climate, but also from the economics of the alternatives. Renewables…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > fossil-fuels-are-the-new-dodgy-dossier-tony-blairs-call-to-slow-green-energy-5 Hjd Fr8_2

Fossil fuels are the new dodgy dossier: Tony Blair's call to slow green energy is perfectly wrong | LBC

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (507+ words) Tony Blair's new report contains - nothing new. And calling for a slowdown in green energy to keep energy bills down is perfectly wrongheaded. Our bills are high not because of green energy but because of fossil fuels. More precisely because…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > campaigners-storms-fossil-fuels-weather-5 Hjd BQF_2

Campaigners are right, we should name storms after fossil fuel companies | LBC

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (527+ words) In what's becoming a late summer tradition almost as unwelcome as an actual rain shower, the Met Office is about to release its storm names for 2025/26. In case you weren't aware that a thunderstorm that led to mass flooding might…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > newly-discovered-dinosaur-sailing-legend-dame-ellen-macarthur-5 Hjd BNM_2

Newly discovered dinosaur named after sailing legend Dame Ellen Mac Arthur | LBC

10+ mon, 1+ day ago  (504+ words) The dinosaur fossil, called Istiorachis macaruthurae, features an "eye-catching sail" along its back and tail and was found on the Isle of Wight. The fossil, which dates back 125 million years, was identified and named by University of Portsmouth Ph D…...

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lbc. co. uk > article > fossil-fuel-extraction-rosebank-labour-5 Hjd BDF_2

Fossil fuel extraction at Rosebank makes no sense, we have an obligation to lead the world on net zero | LBC

10+ mon, 3+ day ago  (496+ words) The Labour Government will soon face a critical choice on whether to allow the extraction of fossil fuels from the Rosebank oil and gas field in Scotland. To allow it would be the wrong decision. Because none of the arguments…...

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lbc. co. uk > opinion > views > commonwealth-holds-key-to-breaking-chinas-mineral-stranglehold

The Commonwealth holds the key to breaking China's mineral stranglehold

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (287+ words) 31 July 2025, 10: 14 The Government has been churning out strategies like they are going out of fashion: the Strategic Defence Review, National Security Strategy, the unpublished China Audit, and a Modern Industrial Strategy. All promise to bolster national security and economic resilience....