Northern Mayors call on Government to drop Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
by Danny Halpin
Jan 19, 2024
3 minutes
Northern Mayors are calling on the Government to drop a parliamentary Bill that is designed to encourage more licence applications for extracting oil and gas in the North Sea.
They say it will not achieve the Government’s stated aims of improving energy security but will worsen climate change and undermine the UK’s international reputation while failing to lower household energy bills.
In response to a freedom of information (FOI) request, the Government said the definition of energy security “remains a source of academic debate”, but still
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