In the North Sea according to Graham Stuart the climate minister said a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration will be “good for the environment.
The thirty-third round of offshore licences, according to North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)
will begin with the UK Government arguing increasing production will boost the
economy and energy security.
“Our
development is not going to affect our usage,” Mr Stuart said, “I know it
sounds contradictory – but it’s actually good for the environment.”
Green
Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “We can only hope to hold global warming to
under 1.5C degrees if we leave fossil fuels in the ground.
“The
Government’s claim that burning ever more fossil fuels from the North Sea will
help the UK meet its international obligations to become net-zero by 2050 has
no connection to reality – we truly have stepped through the looking glass.”
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