New North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitments
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from on (#6DDMG)
Tory MP and environmental groups criticise Rishi Sunak's announcement of 100 new licences
Rishi Sunak hopes to extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, No 10 has said, as it announced 100-plus new drilling licences in a maxing out" policy that environmental groups said would obliterate the UK's climate commitments.
The plan was also criticised by Chris Skidmore, the Conservative MP who led a review into net zero, who said it was on the wrong side of modern voters".
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