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Commenting on coverage of a Government report which warns that Britain's food supply is “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure”, @tommlancaster, @ECIU_UK said: "The report’s findings are incredibly stark, including for our ability to feed ourselves" eciu.net/media/press-re…

Commenting on threats made by Trump to attack Iranian power plants, Simon Cran-McGreehin, @ECIU_UK said: "These further tensions likely mean even more volatility in oil and gas markets that ultimately translates onto household bills." eciu.net/media/press-re…

US to pay nearly 1bn dollars to French energy company to kill wind project plan Deal will redirect investment from wind to oil and gas. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

Traders placed 580m dollars in oil bets ahead of Trump's social media post Thousands of Brent and WTI contracts traded minutes before the Iran message. ft.com/content/1171d6…

Japan to begin biggest ever oil release from national reserves Japan to release 80m barrels, equal to 45 days of domestic demand. theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

400 pound plug-in solar panels to be sold by Lidl and Amazon to cut energy bills Plug-in solar could save families 70 to 110 pounds a year. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Around 90% of UK North Sea oil and gas already drained dry Official statistics show 93% of likely North Sea output has already been extracted. eciu.net/media/press-re…

"Novel ways to reduce constraint payments for taxpayers, while meaning lower bills for some Scottish billpayers, could be a win-win." @LessWasteLaura eciu.net/media/press-re…

Coal power has effectively died in the United Kingdom— (This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie, with data work by @parriagadap.) The United Kingdom was the birthplace of coal. It has now, effectively, died there. As shown in the chart, in the late 1980s, around two-thirds of the UK’s electricity came from coal. By the time I was born in the 1990s, this had dropped to just over half. The use of coal has plummeted in my lifetime. It now makes up around 0.1% of the UK’s electricity. Coal was first replaced by gas, but is now being pushed out by wind, solar, and biomass.

Ministers rebuff trade body's call to boost North Sea oil and gas production Government says the UK must get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets. theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Around 90% of UK North Sea oil and gas ‘already drained dry’ – analysis Official UK oil and gas statistics and the regulator's projections suggest that 93% of the oil and gas that is likely to be produced from the North Sea has already been extracted. eciu.net/media/press-re…

British homeowners rush to install solar panels amid Iran conflict Oil price spikes are pushing households toward renewables. thetimes.com/life-style/pro…

Sometimes there is too much wind for our outdated grid to handle, especially in Scotland and the East of England. Rather than paying wind farms to switch off we’re trialling a new system where people who live near these constrained areas get cheaper - or even free - electricity.

"We do not have access to cheaper energy from oil and gas in the North Sea... Drilling for new oil and gas is not going to lower our energy bills." @jessralston2 on the impact drilling for new gas and oil will make for UK consumers

Climate, Fossil Fuels and UK Food Prices: 2023 Climate change and energy add the cost of 10 weekly shops to food bills as floods and drought hit food production during the last energy price shock in 2022 and 2023. eciu.net/analysis/repor…

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive From 2028, new homes will install heat pumps or join heat networks, plus solar covering 40% of ground floor area. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🔎49% & 30% Gulf states account for 49 per cent of globally traded urea and 30 per cent of ammonia, perishable contributors to the nitrogen cycle that makes high-yield agriculture possible. ft.com/content/c13981…

Starmer adviser calls for temporary UK energy profit cap A supermarket chair proposes limiting energy sector earnings during exceptional market conditions. ft.com/content/8014da…