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Melissa Jones at 02:46, 11 June 2019

2019-06-11T02:46:25Z

Melissa Jones: /* Fracking and solar enthusiast */

2019-06-11T02:39:41Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Fracking and solar enthusiast */

2019-06-11T02:38:18Z

Fracking and solar enthusiast

Melissa Jones: /* Fracking and solar enthusiast */

2019-06-11T02:34:22Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Fracking and solar enthusiast */

2019-06-11T02:26:42Z

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Riccardo Boscherini: /* Fracking and solar enthusiast */

2017-01-27T11:34:43Z

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Melissa Jones at 11:24, 13 March 2015

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Melissa Jones at 11:24, 13 March 2015

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Josh Leeson at 11:14, 10 March 2015

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Melissa Jones: /* Government advisory role */

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 [[File:John Browne.png|right|thumb|300px|Browne on [[BBC]] News]]
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-[[John Browne]], Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British [[House of Lords]]. He was group chief executive of [[BP]] from 1995 to 2007 and<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-madingley/2172 Lord Browne of Madingley], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.</ref> and was a senior business adviser to the UK Coalition government from from 2010-2015.
+[[John Browne]], Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British [[House of Lords]] on a leave of absence since March 2018. He was group chief executive of [[BP]] from 1995 to 2007 and<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-madingley/2172 Lord Browne of Madingley], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.</ref> and was a senior business adviser to the UK Coalition government from from 2010-2015.
 Browne was chairman of fracking company [[Cuadrilla Resources]] until March 2015 and the managing director and partner of [[Riverstone Holdings]], the venture capital firm that backs it. He also co-ran Riverstone's
-private equity renewable energy fund, reportedly the largest of its kind in the world. He relinquished both roles upon taking up a new position as executive chairman of the new Russian-backed energy investment outfit, [[L1 Energy]] in March 2015.
+private equity renewable energy fund, reportedly the largest of its kind in the world. He relinquished both roles upon taking up a new position as executive chairman of the new Russian-backed energy investment outfit, [[L1 Energy]] in March 2015.  The same year he also joined the board of [[Huawei Technology]], a leading provider of 5G technology.
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 Browne was also critical of the government's continued bias for fossil fuels describing the fact that more state subsidies are given to oil and gas than to renewable energy as 'like running both the heating and the air conditioning at the same time'.  <ref> Damian Carrington, [Lord Browne: fracking will not reduce UK gas prices] ''The Guardian'', Friday 29 November 2013, acc 1 December 2013 </ref>
-In 2014 Browne was on the international advisory board chairman of [[Mubadala Oil and Gas]], a company owned by the government of [[Abu Dhabi]], and says it has signed an agreement with Somalia's government to help it find oil. When asked about this, Lord Browne declined to comment and Mubadala is not declared in his register of interests.<ref name="WSJ"> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', 10 November 2014, accessed 10 December 2014 </ref>
+In 2014 Browne was on the international advisory board chairman of [[Mubadala Oil and Gas]], a company owned by the government of [[Abu Dhabi]], which at the time had signed an agreement with Somalia's government to help it find oil. When asked about this, Lord Browne declined to comment and Mubadala is not declared in his register of interests.<ref name="WSJ"> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', 10 November 2014, accessed 10 December 2014 </ref>
 ==Biography==

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-As chairman of the controversial fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]], Browne led the charge for fracking in the UK for many years.
+As chairman of the controversial fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]] until 2015, Browne led the charge for fracking in the UK for many years.
 In November 2013 at a lecture at the [[London School of Economics]] Browne had admitted that shale gas exploration would not lower gas bills in the UK. This contradicted the high-profile claims made just months beforehand by UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] and Chancellor [[George Osborne]] that it could help curb soaring energy bills.

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 ==Fracking and solar enthusiast==
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-As chairman of the controversial fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]], Browne led the charge for fracking in the UK for many years. However, in June 2019 he admitted in an interview with the Observer that "fracking in the UK doesn’t make much sense. I think it was a test to see if it worked. We probably don’t need to do it." <ref> John Vidal, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/08/john-browne-engineering-fracking-greta-thunberg-huawei Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’], The Observer, 8 June 2019, accessed 10 June 2019 </ref>
+As chairman of the controversial fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]], Browne led the charge for fracking in the UK for many years.
-In November 2013 at a lecture at the [[London School of Economics]] Browne admitted however that shale gas exploration would not lower gas bills in the UK. This contradicted the high-profile claims made just months beforehand by UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] and Chancellor [[George Osborne]] that it could help curb soaring energy bills.
+However, in June 2019 he admitted in an interview with the Observer that "fracking in the UK doesn’t make much sense. I think it was a test to see if it worked. We probably don’t need to do it." <ref> John Vidal, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/08/john-browne-engineering-fracking-greta-thunberg-huawei Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’], ''The Observer'', 8 June 2019, accessed 10 June 2019 </ref>
-Browne told his audience that 'we should make more use' of solar technology.  He appeared less supportive of the UK government's controversial decision to back French firm [[EDF Energy]]'s new nuclear power plant at [[Hinkley Point]]. Nuclear power, said Browne, was 'very, very expensive indeed' and the siting of new reactors on the coast when sea level and storm surges are rising was a 'big issue'
+In November 2013 at a lecture at the [[London School of Economics]] Browne had admitted that shale gas exploration would not lower gas bills in the UK. This contradicted the high-profile claims made just months beforehand by UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] and Chancellor [[George Osborne]] that it could help curb soaring energy bills.
-Browne was also critical of the government's continued bias for fossil fuel, describing the fact that more state subsidies are given to oil and gas than to renewable energy as 'like running both the heating and the air conditioning at the same time'.  <ref> Damian Carrington, [Lord Browne: fracking will not reduce UK gas prices] ''The Guardian'', Friday 29 November 2013, acc 1 December 2013 </ref>
+Browne told his audience that 'we should make more use' of solar technology.  He appeared less supportive of the UK government's controversial decision to back French firm [[EDF Energy]]'s new nuclear power plant at [[Hinkley Point]]. Nuclear power, said Browne, was 'very, very expensive indeed' and the siting of new reactors on the coast when sea level and storm surges are rising was a 'big issue' and so they must be made resilient.
-Browne is the international advisory board chairman of [[Mubadala Oil and Gas]], a company owned by the government of [[Abu Dhabi]], and says it has signed an agreement with Somalia's government to help it find oil. When asked about this, Lord Browne declined to comment and Mubadala is not declared in his register of interests.<ref name="WSJ"> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', 10 November 2014, accessed 10 December 2014 </ref>
+Browne was also critical of the government's continued bias for fossil fuels describing the fact that more state subsidies are given to oil and gas than to renewable energy as 'like running both the heating and the air conditioning at the same time'.  <ref> Damian Carrington, [Lord Browne: fracking will not reduce UK gas prices] ''The Guardian'', Friday 29 November 2013, acc 1 December 2013 </ref>
 ==Biography==

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-As chairman of controversial [[Cuadrilla Resources]] Browne has in recent years led the charge for fracking in the UK.
+As chairman of the controversial fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]], Browne led the charge for fracking in the UK for many years. However, in June 2019 he admitted in an interview with the Observer that "fracking in the UK doesn’t make much sense. I think it was a test to see if it worked. We probably don’t need to do it." <ref> John Vidal, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/08/john-browne-engineering-fracking-greta-thunberg-huawei Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’], The Observer, 8 June 2019, accessed 10 June 2019 </ref>
 In November 2013 at a lecture at the [[London School of Economics]] Browne admitted however that shale gas exploration would not lower gas bills in the UK. This contradicted the high-profile claims made just months beforehand by UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] and Chancellor [[George Osborne]] that it could help curb soaring energy bills.

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	As chairman of controversial [[Cuadrilla Resources]] Browne has in recent years led the charge for fracking in the UK.		As chairman of controversial [[Cuadrilla Resources]] Browne has in recent years led the charge for fracking in the UK.

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 [[John Browne]], Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British [[House of Lords]]. He was group chief executive of [[BP]] from 1995 to 2007 and<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-madingley/2172 Lord Browne of Madingley], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.</ref> and was a senior business adviser to the UK Coalition government from from 2010-2015.
-Browne was chairman of fracking company [[Cuadrilla Resources]] until March 2015 and the managing partner of [[Riverstone Holdings]], the venture capital firm that backs it. He also co-ran Riverstone's
+Browne was chairman of fracking company [[Cuadrilla Resources]] until March 2015 and the managing director and partner of [[Riverstone Holdings]], the venture capital firm that backs it. He also co-ran Riverstone's
 private equity renewable energy fund, reportedly the largest of its kind in the world. He relinquished both roles upon taking up a new position as executive chairman of the new Russian-backed energy investment outfit, [[L1 energy]] in March 2015.
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 :His remit is to work with Secretaries of State to appoint non-executives to the board of each government department; to improve governance across Whitehall; and to build leadership and management through the non-executives and the boards. Lord Browne also convenes network meetings of non-executives across Whitehall to consider the big issues that challenge all government departments and share best practice.<ref name="gov.uk"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-browne-of-madingley Government Lead Non-Executive Lord Browne of Madingley], gov.uk, undated, acc 14 October 2014 </ref>
-He stepped down from this position on 31 December 2014.
+He stepped down from this position on 31 January 2015.
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 *[[White Rose Energy Ventures]] LLP - Director<ref name="PARL"/>
 *[[Fairfield Energy]] Ltd - Director<ref name="PARL"/>
-* [[Huawei Technologies]] (UK) Co Limited(communications technology)-  Chairman (2015)
+*[[Huawei Technologies]] (UK) Co Limited(communications technology)-  chairman (2015)
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	[[John Browne]], Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British [[House of Lords]]. He was group chief executive of [[BP]] from 1995 to 2007 and<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-madingley/2172 Lord Browne of Madingley], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.</ref> and was a senior business adviser to the UK Coalition government from from 2010-2015.		[[John Browne]], Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British [[House of Lords]]. He was group chief executive of [[BP]] from 1995 to 2007 and<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-browne-of-madingley/2172 Lord Browne of Madingley], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.</ref> and was a senior business adviser to the UK Coalition government from from 2010-2015.

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	:His remit is to work with Secretaries of State to appoint non-executives to the board of each government department; to improve governance across Whitehall; and to build leadership and management through the non-executives and the boards. Lord Browne also convenes network meetings of non-executives across Whitehall to consider the big issues that challenge all government departments and share best practice.<ref name="gov.uk"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-browne-of-madingley Government Lead Non-Executive Lord Browne of Madingley], gov.uk, undated, acc 14 October 2014 </ref>		:His remit is to work with Secretaries of State to appoint non-executives to the board of each government department; to improve governance across Whitehall; and to build leadership and management through the non-executives and the boards. Lord Browne also convenes network meetings of non-executives across Whitehall to consider the big issues that challenge all government departments and share best practice.<ref name="gov.uk"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-browne-of-madingley Government Lead Non-Executive Lord Browne of Madingley], gov.uk, undated, acc 14 October 2014 </ref>
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		+	He stepped down from this position on 31 December 2014.

	==Fracking and solar enthusiast==		==Fracking and solar enthusiast==