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John Swinney, left, speaks to Mark Simmers, chief executive of biorefinery Celtic Renewables, during a visit to the Grangemouth plant (Picture: WPA pool)

Grangemouth is a vital test case for Scotland's oil and gas industry Scotsman comment

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband during a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce in 11 Downing Street. PIC: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Ed Miliband reveals deadline for Scotland's carbon capture approval

Hunting has two sites in Aberdeenshire, at Fordoun and Badentoy, near Portlethen, pictured. Picture by Michal Wachucik/Abermedia

Aberdeen job fears as engineering group employing 150 battles market decline

The MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker at anchor in the Humber Estuary off the coast of East Yorkshire following a collision with the Solong container ship

‘Heroic’ crew of North Sea crash ship triggered fire-fighting system

The Solong container ship drifts in the Humber Estuary, off the coast of East Yorkshire following a collision with the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker.

Solong cargo ship captain revealed as Russian national

Saltmoore is a woodland haven near Whitby

We took our four-legged friend to Whitby for a posh hotel break

The Stena Immaculate

Explainer North Sea oil tanker collision - what we know so far

Expected fate of Solong cargo ship in North Sea collision confirmed

Smoke billowing from the stricken tanker in the North Sea

Cargo ship travelling from Scottish port hits oil tanker in North Sea

An oil rig is towed by tugboats off the coast of Hartlepool on its way to be decommissioned (Picture: Scott Heppell)

Why this may be wrong time to push North Sea oil industry off a cliff Christine Jardine

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

Labour's North Sea plan to create new energy jobs despite oil decline

Analysis Reform UK's Richard Tice gets battered at chaotic Glasgow chippy visit

The UK Government said it would unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future

Scotland faces ‘dole baby dole’ under North Sea oil plan, Tories say

Reform UK's Richard Tice fails to know the name of new defectors

The UK Government said it would unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future

Oil and gas windfall tax to end in 2030, UK Government confirms

A screenshot from Still Wakes the Deep.

The full list of Bafta Games Awards 2025 nominations

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Rosebank partnership probed by regulator over Palestine human rights

Myrtle Dawes

'It was colourful': Net zero chief on working offshore as a woman

A facial reconstruction graphic of the skull found in the North Sea 150 miles from the coast of Peterhead

Bid to identify mystery woman after skull pulled from North Sea

A screenshot of some of the horror in Still Wakes the Deep.

North Sea set horror leads 2025 Ukie Video Game Awards nominees

Seagrass is the world’s only flowering plant capable of living in seawater and an incredible ally in the fight against climate change (Picture: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca)

Seagrass is one of nature's genuine superheroes, but it needs our help Dr Lyndsey Dodds

Aberlady Bay

The Leddie to host it's first-ever wellness retreat

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the UK government building in Edinburgh. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Rosebank approval poised to open floodgates to 13 North Sea projects

Harry Dwyer has sailed all around the UK, including Land's End in Cornwall (Picture: RDImages/Epics)

How Harry Dwyer’s sailing trip around UK has revealed best of Britain Stephen Jardine

Wood Group, the Aberdeen-headquartered FTSE-250 energy and engineering services business, employs more than 35,000 people globally and is involved in a wide range of projects.

Wood Group: Shares slide at heavyweight employing 6,000 UK and North Sea workers

Chancellor Rachel Reeves. PIC: Ian Forsyth/PA Wire

Reeves warned over 'de-industrialisation' if Acorn funding cut

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

North Sea workforce will be 'lost for good' unless energy transition speeds up

Ron Bird co-founded the Guarana street drumming band

Scotsman Obituaries: Ron Bird, community activist and literacy worker

Climate Change and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said he will 'consider' fast-tracking the Acorn carbon capture project to help save jobs at Grangemouth (Picture: Oli Scarff)

UK backing for carbon capture may do more than save Grangemouth jobs Scotsman comment

An oil rig from the Brent field is towed into the River Tees as it head to be dismantled (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

Just transition? It’s getting as brutal as 1980s mining shutdown Louise Gilmour

Keir Starmer’s government faces a clash of ideologies between Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband

Labour gives oil licences vow as Reeves set for Rosebank clash

Wind power is an important part of Scotland's renewables project (Picture: Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Exclusive Renewables warning over energy price plan that would cut Scots' bills

Norway sees no problem with issuing new oil and gas licences and neither should the UK (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

Why Rachel Reeves needs North Sea oil and gas in her drive for growth Brian Wilson

Climate change is causing our weather to become increasingly dangerous (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Storm Éowyn shows why we need to stop burning oil and gas Tessa Khan

Most cars still need petrol and more homes still need gas (Picture: Hollie Adams)

Allowing new oil and gas fields would add £200 billion to UK economy Mark Wilson

Police officers remove a climate activist protesting against the Rosebank oil field project in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, outside the InterContinental London Park Lane in London in October. Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas permissions scrapped by courts

HMS Somerset flanking Russian ship Yantar near UK waters. Picture: Royal Navy/PA Wire

Vladimir Putin spy ship confronted by Royal Navy in North Sea

North Sea oil and gas workers must see a genuinely just transition to a net-zero economy (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

North Sea union leaders' 'No Ban Without a Plan' campaign is working Brian Wilson

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to raise a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms

BP job losses 'proof SNP and Labour turning backs on oil and industry'

Increased windfall taxes on the UK's offshore oil and gas industries would cost the sector about £13 billion over the next five years and lead to a fall in tax receipts, a trade body has warned. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

John Swinney urged to give 'full-throated support' to oil and gas

Gas still plays a crucial role in the UK's energy supply, but times are changing (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

UK energy security will not always depend on gas, but it does just now Scotsman comment

Cygnus

We want to invest in two Scottish drone bases. Here's why - Charles Tavner

Equinor employs around 300 people in oil and gas roles in the UK, while Shell employs about 1,000 people in similar jobs.

Two North Sea giants combining - what does it mean for Scottish jobs?

Andrew Bowie is the new shadow Scotland Secretary

Andrew Bowie on GB Energy, and why Tories can win next election

The project will help supply power generated by new offshore wind farm developments.

£3.4bn electricity 'superhighway' between Scotland and England to help cut bills

The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery will see up to 400 workers lose their jobs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Oil exec skewers SNP and Tories over lack of energy transition action Scotsman comment

A swathe of subsea power lines between Britain, Ireland and other European countries that will carry enough electricity to power millions of homes have been given the green light.

How subsea electric super cables will connect Scotland and Europe

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries