Experts reject Tony Blair's call to abandon net zero and expand North Sea drilling
By
Fiona Harvey
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
Experts criticize former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's suggestion to abandon net zero targets and increase North Sea oil and gas drilling, calling it counterproductive amid record heatwaves and the Iran crisis. Energy specialists argue that clean energy is cheaper, protects consumers from price volatility, and that doubling down on fossil fuels would cause more economic instability for Britons rather than helping the economy.
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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
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