Experts reject Tony Blair's call to abandon net zero and expand North Sea drilling
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Fiona Harvey
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Summary
Experts criticize former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's suggestion to abandon net zero targets and increase North Sea oil and gas drilling, arguing it would be a massive setback for the UK economy and energy stability. Energy specialists highlight that clean energy is cheaper, protects against price volatility, and that increasing fossil fuel dependence during a heatwave and global energy crisis is counterproductive.
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Clean energy is cheaper energy - it protects our bills from prices skyrocketing, its running costs are virtually zero, and it does
Abandoning net zero and drilling for more oil and gas in the North Sea would be a massive setback for the UK and would not help the economy
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