Headline from The Guardian:
Sunak’s new oil and gas licences are ‘moral and economic madness’
By announcing hundreds of new oil and gas licences, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has become a “dangerous radical” pursuing “moral and economic madness”.
That is not the judgment of Just Stop Oil, or any other environmental campaign group, but the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres.
“The truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels,” Guterres said in 2022, reacting to a searing report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Sunak is not alone in doing this, btw.
Sunak’s justification is that increased oil production is a necessary part of Britain’s meeting its goal of reducing emissions…. I wonder if he realizes how stupid that sounds and if he really believes it.
Sunak’s wife is a billionaire and her family is involved in the fossil fuel industry.