New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says

Licences UK has approved in last two years will result in carbon dioxide matching annual emissions of Denmark, Greenpeace finds

New oil and gas licences for the North Sea that the UK government has approved in the past two years will produce as much carbon dioxide as the annual emissions of nearly 14m cars, or the entire yearly emissions of Denmark, analysis has shown.

This amount - about 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide over the lifetimes of the fields - will be increased more than eightfold, if potential licences under consideration are also granted, according to data from public sources analysed by Greenpeace.