Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off ShetlandJust months before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UK government will decide whether to approve a massive new oilfield 75 miles north-west of Shetland. Boris Johnson has hinted at a likely go-ahead. The Cambo field, being developed by private-equity-owned Siccar Point and Shell, would produce 170m barrels of oil - oil the world cannot afford to burn.The Cambo decision is the government's first test since the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned against developing new oil and gas fields. In a landmark report this year, the IEA found that that already-operating fields will produce more oil and gas over the coming decades than can be consumed if global heating is limited to 1.5C. Continue reading...
How can Britain be committed to net zero when it's about to drill for millions more barrels of oil? | Greg Muttitt
23. srpna 2021 9:16
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/britain-commit-net-zero-drill-oil-cop26-boris-johnson-shetland
Zdroj: The Guardian