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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The Conservative party is no place for principled people. Good for him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Skidmore called the bill a “tragedy”, accusing the prime minister of being committed to a course of action that is “wrong and will cause future harm”.

Skidmore said in his resignation statement: “This bill would in effect allow more frequent new oil and gas licences and the increased production of new fossil fuels in the North Sea.”

He has been critical of this government before, and previously told the Guardian the Conservative party was heading in a “very dark direction” around misinformation and climate change.

Next week, the government is introducing the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill in the House of Commons, which would allow for more licences to extract fossil fuel from the North Sea.

The latest IPCC report makes it clear no new fossil fuel projects can be opened, so doing so goes against the recommendations of most of the world’s leading climate scientists.

Their irresponsible, reckless attempt to double down on fossil fuels won’t cut bills, undermines energy security and is a climate disaster.


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