15th May 2026

North Sea’s future hangs in the balance

The headlines

UK

• Miliband vows to permanently shutdown the North Sea

• Ex-Oil and Gas UK chief issues warning over the North Sea’s future

• RIP8.5

• NFU warns about beef prices and green permits

International

• US makes £500m UK’s jet fuel crisis

• Honda blames EVs for first annual loss in 70 years.

Watch

• Roger Pielke JR and Harry Wilkinson discuss RCP8.5’s removal as a climate scenario

• Ex-climate activist speaks out about the dangers of the green cult

• Maurice Cousins discusses the implications of Miliband’s Energy Independence Bill

Etcetera

• Media, opinion

UK

Miliband vows permanent shutdown of North Sea

Labour is to ban new oil and gas fields in Britain, making it far harder for any future government to reopen the North Sea. A legal prohibition on new drilling in the energy independence bill will make Ed Miliband’s temporary moratorium on new drilling permanent. Labour also plans to legally ban onshore fracking.

WATCH LABOUR MP GRAHAM STRINGER SPEAK OUT AGAINST MILIBAND

Ex-Oil and Gas UK Chief issues warning over the North Sea’s future

The former head of Oil & Gas UK has labelled Labour’s plan to ban new licences for oil and gas drilling as “ridiculous”. “It’s frightful. They’re determined to destroy the UK oil and gas industry,” he says.

RIP8.5

The most extreme scenario for global warming has been discarded as implausible by the world’s top climate modellers. There is a pattern of releasing completely unrealistic scenarios and getting all the apocalyptic media headlines, then quietly admitting they are ridiculous.

NFU warns about beef prices and green permits

The NFU has warned that extending Environmental Permitting Regulations to cattle farms could damage confidence and investment in the livestock sector, after receiving hundreds of survey responses from beef producers.

International

US makes £500m from UK’s jet fuel crisis

US fuel companies have made almost £500m selling jet fuel to Britain amid an acute shortage triggered by the Iran war. Imports from the US hit nearly 400,000 tonnes in April, a tenfold increase on a year ago. Jet fuel output from UK refineries has plummeted following a series of closures.

Honda blames EVs for first annual loss in 70 years

Car manufacturer Honda has posted its first annual loss in 70 years - and it has blamed its investments in electric vehicles. The Japanese motor giant said demand for EVs has not been as strong as the company had forecast, as it revealed total operating losses for the year ending March 2026 of £1.99billion.

Watch

MUST WATCH: GWPF’S HARRY WILKINSON AND ROGER PIELKE JR DISCUSS THE REMOVAL OF RCP8.5 AS A CLIMATE SCENARIO

WATCH EX-CLIMATE ACTIVIST LUCY BIGGER SPEAK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT.

WATCH OUR CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR DISCUSS MILIBAND’S ENERGY INDEPENDENCE BILL

Etcetera…

Read: Ben Pile writes about the green blob’s controlled opposition.

Wacth: Ara Darzi writes that Britain will lose out on the AI race.

Read: Rian Whitton writes that Britain is paying more for less for power.

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