Tory former net zero tsar calls for halt to Rosebank North Sea oil project
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6B4TG)
MP Chris Skidmore says approval would undermine UK's efforts to tackle climate crisis and its claims to leadership on world stage
The government's former net zero tsar" has urged ministers to halt the development of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, or risk destroying the UK's credibility on the climate crisis.
Chris Skidmore, the influential Conservative MP who led the review of the UK's climate goals, writes in the Guardian on Tuesday of his concern that the development could derail net zero.
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