{"id":271329,"date":"2023-08-03T20:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271329"},"modified":"2023-08-03T20:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:57:30","slug":"rishi-sunak-grants-hundreds-of-new-oil-and-gas-drilling-licences-in-latest-setback-for-climate-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271329","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak Grants Hundreds of New Oil and Gas Drilling Licences in Latest Setback for Climate Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0WILL JONES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rishi Sunak said it would make \u201cabsolutely no sense\u201d for the U.K. not to take advantage of its domestic fossil fuel resources as he announced hundreds of new oil and gas drilling licences in the latest setback for climate activists. The\u00a0Telegraph\u00a0<\/em>has more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Prime Minister said the new licences showed the Government\u2019s commitment to backing the\u00a0North Sea oil and gas industry<\/a>\u00a0and would help to make Britain more energy independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to give the green light to new drilling operations is likely to prompt a backlash from climate change activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Mr. Sunak said even with the 2050 net zero emissions drive a quarter of the U.K.\u2019s energy demand will still be met by oil and gas by the middle of the century and it would be better for the environment if it was produced domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour has proposed\u00a0to ban new oil and gas licences<\/a>\u00a0but Mr. Sunak said granting the new contracts was \u201cabsolutely the right thing to do\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Sunak was asked during an interview on BBC Radio Scotland\u2019s Good Morning Scotland programme on Monday morning how the new licences would enhance the UK\u2019s chances of hitting the 2050 Net Zero target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He replied: \u201cBecause even when we reach Net Zero in 2050 a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas and domestic gas production has about a quarter or a third of the carbon footprint of imported gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo not only is it better for our energy security not to rely on foreign dictators for that energy, not only is it good for jobs, particularly Scottish jobs, it is actually better for the environment because there is no point in importing stuff from halfway around the world with two to three times the carbon footprint of the stuff we have got at home. That makes absolutely no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Sunak said importing energy from abroad meant the U.K. was the victim of global fluctuations in prices and domestic production would help to shelter people from big cost increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cIt is important that we increase homegrown sources of energy to improve our resilience but also that is good for Scottish in particular jobs in the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is good for tax revenue as well which funds our public services and given we are going to need energy from fossil fuels for the foreseeable future as we transition to Net Zero, it makes no sense not to use the resources that\u00a0we have got here at home<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth\u00a0reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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