Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wise
The only way to do that is to end our dependency on oil and gas – and all the fuss about whether the UK will allow more drilling in the North Sea is a distraction from this. Some people talk about the UK government’s current policy of not approving more licences for exploration in the North Sea as if it will reduce the amount of oil and gas that is burned, and thus help limit how much more carbon dioxide ends up in the atmosphere. All it will do is change where the oil and gas that gets burned comes from.
- ▪The only way to do that is to end our dependency on oil and gas – and all the fuss about whether the UK will allow more drilling in the North Sea is a distraction from this.
- ▪Some people talk about the UK government’s current policy of not approving more licences for exploration in the North Sea as if it will reduce the amount of oil and gas that is burned, and thus help limit how much more carbon dioxide ends u
- ▪All it will do is change where the oil and gas that gets burned comes from.
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Environment Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wiseClimate campaigners are angry at reports that the UK government is set to allow oil and gas drilling projects to go ahead, but the focus must be on ending fossil fuel consumption, not production, says Michael Le Page By Michael Le Page 27 July 2026 Facebook Threads X / Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn Reddit Email Print More than 90 per cent of the oil and gas in the North Sea has already been extractedSimon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images I’m terrified by how fast weather extremes are ramping up as the world heats up, and there’s much, much worse to come unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground.
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