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- Greenpeace activists arrested after ending oil protest at Sunak’s mansion Thu, 3 Aug 23, 11:36pmBlack fabric draped on Yorkshire home in response to PM’s pledge to ‘max out’ UK oil and gas reserves
- Greenpeace protesters drape giant oil-black fabric over Sunak’s mansion Thu, 3 Aug 23, 6:43pmActivists enter grounds of Yorkshire home in protest against prime minister’s pledge to ‘max out’ UK oil and gas reserves
- Hornsea Four offshore windfarm given green light after five-month delay Thu, 13 Jul 23, 3:59amFourth phase at giant project off Yorkshire coast is expected to have 180 turbines and generate 2.6GW
- National Grid in talks with Drax to revive coal-fired units Thu, 15 Jun 23, 5:00pmTwo units at North Yorkshire plant could be brought out of retirement to prevent winter outages
- UK energy strategy casts doubt on Drax’s carbon capture project Fri, 31 Mar 23, 2:44amShares in turmoil as government’s plan seems to rule out North Yorkshire biomass plant from race for subsidies
- SSE begins work on hydrogen storage cavern on Yorkshire coast Sun, 18 Dec 22, 10:42pmExclusive: renewable energy will be kept in cathedral-sized cave for freezing, windless conditions
- MP urges water firm to put more profits into upgrades after Sheffield gas outage Tue, 13 Dec 22, 3:03amOlivia Blake says not enough of Yorkshire Water’s £242m profits used for infrastructure after gas network flooded
- Crown gives go ahead to rival ‘net zero carbon’ North Sea schemes Sat, 23 Oct 21, 5:00pmExclusive: crown estates accused of greed in selling rights to ‘incompatible’ carbon capture and windfarm projects
- Green groups dispute power station claim that biomass is carbon-neutral Tue, 23 Mar 21, 11:00amDrax in Yorkshire burns wood pellets to generate electricity, but forests cannot be replaced quickly enough, say campaigners
- Drax scraps plan for Europe's largest gas plant after climate protests Thu, 25 Feb 21, 8:49pmGreen groups argued plan to replace coal burning units with gas at Yorkshire site was inconsistent with emissions goals
- Drax scraps plan for Yorkshire gas plant after climate protests Thu, 25 Feb 21, 7:46pmGreen groups argued plan to replace coal burning units with gas was inconsistent with emissions goals
- Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry Sun, 3 Jan 21, 3:00amThe ambition of the North Sea project promises vast quantities of green energy – and many green jobs
- Drax power plant to stop burning coal, with loss of 230 jobs Thu, 27 Feb 20, 8:48pmThe 2021 plan for Yorkshire site will be four years ahead of government deadline
- Drax owner plans to be world's first carbon-negative business Tue, 10 Dec 19, 11:01amEnergy firm once labelled western Europe’s top polluter sets ambitious 10-year target
- Yorkshire village faces petrochemical giant in anti-fracking fight Tue, 11 Jun 19, 6:40pmIneos, owned by UK’s richest man, wants to overturn ban on well next to sheltered housing