{"id":256678,"date":"2023-05-09T21:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256678"},"modified":"2023-05-09T21:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:59:22","slug":"uk-government-is-playing-into-putins-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256678","title":{"rendered":"UK Government is playing into Putin\u2019s hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

London, 9 May \u2013 Net Zero Watch has warned that the Government\u2019s ban on fracking and its strangling of North Sea oil and gas investment is playing into Russian hands.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The merchant bank Goldman Sachs has today warned that European gas prices could triple this winter<\/a>, triggering a new energy cost crisis, even before the possibility of Russia sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines, a real threat raised by security experts last week.

Net Zero Watch has been warning for years that Britain\u2019s energy security can only be safeguarded by developing domestic energy resources. Its director Andrew Montford said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Putin barely needs to attack oil and gas infrastructure in the UK, because the Government is doing such a good job of restricting domestic supply without him. Net Zero policy plays straight into his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Net Zero Watch has been highlighting the fact that prioritising renewable energy over reliable energy sources represents a major threat to national security for several years.

Andrew Montford said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The government are sacrificing everything on the altar of their Net Zero dogma: economic security and national security just don\u2019t seem to matter to them any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Further information<\/strong>

* Net Zero Watch calls for emergency restart of fracking<\/u><\/a><\/strong>

* Government\u2019s years of irresponsible neglect has left Britain \u201cat mercy of Putin\u201d<\/u><\/a><\/strong>

* Revitalise North Sea exploration and start fracking \u2014 or lose Putin\u2019s energy war for good<\/strong><\/u><\/a>

* How UK shale gas was killed by Green lies and Russian propaganda<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Net Zero Watch has warned that the Government\u2019s ban on fracking and its strangling of North Sea oil and gas investment is playing into Russian hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":256680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818886,691819314,691819443],"class_list":{"0":"post-256678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-fossil-fuel","9":"tag-fracking","10":"tag-goldman-sachs","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-13.14.53.png?fit=1652%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14LY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":255951,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255951","url_meta":{"origin":256678,"position":0},"title":"Net Zero Watch calls for emergency restart of fracking","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Campaigning group Net Zero Watch has warned the Government that its ban on fracking is now a direct threat to national security and has called for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to change course as a matter of urgency.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In \"fracking\"","block_context":{"text":"fracking","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=fracking"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0gettyimages-519723947.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0gettyimages-519723947.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0gettyimages-519723947.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0gettyimages-519723947.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0gettyimages-519723947.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":191980,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=191980","url_meta":{"origin":256678,"position":1},"title":"A Kalibr Missile just hit Net Zero: Germany wakes old coal plants, UK talks of backflip on gas, oil, fracking too","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/03\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s was the last chance to save The Planet, but nevermind? 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