Claims by Rishi Sunak’s government that home-grown oil and gas is better for the environment than imported fossil fuels has been thrown into doubt amid serious concerns the Prime Minister's key energy strategy will wreck the climate.
The PM used a trip to Scotland last month to announce 100 new oil and gas licences for North Sea developments have been approved.
But his energy blueprint has been roundly criticised by political opponents and allies, as well as from climate campaigners and scientists - while the United Nations and the International Energy Agency have also hit out at more fossil fuel developments being approved if global warming is to be limited below dangerous and irreversible levels.
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A key component of the UK Government’s argument in favour of new North Sea oil and gas developments is a claim that the alternative is to import fuels to Britain at a higher environmental cost.
Speaking at Shell’s headquarters near Aberdeen, Mr Sunak insisted that the UK will continue to need at least 25% of its energy requirements from oil and gas, even once the nation becomes net zero by 2050, adding that doing it in the “best possible way” means “getting it here at home”.
The Prime Minister said that "we should max out the opportunities that we have here in the North Sea", claiming that "it's also good for the climate because the alternative is shipping energy here from halfway around the world with three...
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