{"id":423635,"date":"2026-01-28T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=423635"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:39:27","slug":"energy-industry-faces-collapse-over-milibands-delusional-net-zero-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=423635","title":{"rendered":"Energy industry \u2018faces collapse over Miliband\u2019s delusional net zero\u00a0plan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Government on collision course with GMB union over job insecurity and excessive taxation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain\u2019s energy industry faces collapse thanks to Labour\u2019s \u201cchaotic and needless\u201d rundown of the oil and gas sector, one of its biggest union backers has warned. The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise Gilmour, Scotland secretary of the GMB union, says \u201cdelusional\u201d net zero policies championed by Ed Miliband are causing \u201carguably the most destructive industrial calamity in our nation\u2019s history\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Gilmour directly attacks Mr Miliband over the \u201cdismal\u201d effects of his policies, which are\u00a0killing British jobs and creating jobs in China\u00a0<\/a>for the ever-growing number of\u00a0wind farms<\/a>\u00a0the Government insists on building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has backed a new report that says Britain will permanently lose its energy independence unless there is a major shift in Government policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It puts Labour on a collision course with its third-biggest union backer, which donates \u00a31m a year to the party. The GMB has previously warned that Mr Miliband\u2019s rush to net zero is costing jobs, but this is the most scathing attack to date on the Government by the union, which has 560,000 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report by the Jobs Foundation, titled Cliff Edge, says 200 jobs per week are being lost because of Labour\u2019s ban on North Sea exploration and taxes that are swallowing up companies\u2019 entire profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some cases, oil and gas firms are paying 120 per cent tax on their profits because of the Government\u2019s energy profits levy (EPL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Onrushing disaster\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It says investors are considering putting their money into Nigeria\u2019s energy sector instead of Britain\u2019s, saying the African country is a \u201cmore stable regime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Gilmour writes in a foreword to the report: \u201cOur governments [in Westminster and Holyrood] seem stricken, almost delusional, in the face of onrushing disaster, insisting we must ignore today\u2019s reality and believe in tomorrow\u2019s dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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