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Labour frontbencher: Green policies must be implemented 'not just on the environmental basis but also on the economic basis'
Ms Phillips said 81% of oil produced by the UK last year was exported elsewhere, so new oil fields would not lower bills. Energy minister Andrew Bowie has defended this morning's announcement that the government will issue new licences for oil and gas exploration, saying the International Climate Change Committee"recognises that fossil fuels will play a large part of our energy base load for many decades to come".
Asked about this announcement coming just after the government narrowly won the Uxbridge by-election, seemingly due to opposition to the upcoming expansion of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone, Mr Bowie said:"I make no apologies for the Conservative Party being the only party that's not either in hock to Just Stop Oil or has the presumption of being against new licences, as the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party are.
SNP's Westminster leader says stopping oil and gas would be 'silly' - but called for 'robust climate compatibility' checks Asked about Labour's position that it would issue no new oil and gas licences if it enters government, Mr Flynn said:"In fairness, I think the Labour Party volte-faced on that the day after saying it, and I wouldn't be surprised if Keir Starmer changes his position again in advance of the general election."
Launching a review of so-called"anti-car schemes" is an attempt to replicate the electoral success achieved in the Uxbridge by-election on the back of anger against the Labour mayor's expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Rishi Sunak has defended his announcement of over 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences, telling BBC Radio Scotland that we will still require fossil fuels for decades to come.
He could not give a timescale for when funding would be allocated, however, only saying the projects would come"over the next several years". Continuing to make the case for domestic energy production, Mr Sunak said we are"still heavily impacted" by the war in Ukraine because energy is traded on a global market, and it is"economically incoherent" to say otherwise.
Given his announcement on climate change, Mr Sunak was asked how he is travelling to Scotland today, and he replied:"I'll be flying as I normally would, and that is the most efficient use of my time."Rishi Sunak has announced that 100 new licences will be issued for North Sea oil and gas extraction - in a move likely to anger environmental campaigners.
"Now more than ever, it's vital that we bolster our energy security and capitalise on that independence to deliver more affordable, clean energy to British homes and businesses. Labour also accused the PM of reversing the Conservatives' own acceleration of LTNs across the country, and said it should be for local communities to decide.
In essence, the technology is about removing carbon dioxide from industrial processes and smoke stacks, and pumping it into depleted oil and gas fields a mile or so below the seabed.CCS hasn't been done at scale before and it will be expensive at first.