Miliband Humiliated As Oil and Gas Drilling Ban Overruled – Guido Fawkes

Miliband Humiliated As Oil and Gas Drilling Ban Overruled

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Miliband is set to be defeated on his opposition to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields. Humiliating…

Energy minister Michael Shanks is in Scotland today and will announce the results of the consultation on the two oil fields – which will set the precedent for future oil and gas production across the North Sea. The consultation on laws regarding greenhouse gas emissions is the result of a January ruling which claimed the projects were unlawful. It is expected to restart the approval process for them after pressure from Downing Street…

That process will take time and there is likely to be more internal fighting from anti-growth Ed. Miliband has called the Rosebank licence “climate vandalism” after all…

Rachel Reeves and the Treasury are pushing the hardest to change the rules and pave the way for more drilling projects to go ahead. DESNZ officials have already admitted that “low carbon technologies” are pushing electricity prices higher. It’s all ideology…