Greenpeace reaction to Badenoch oil and gas speech

Commenting on the news that Kemi Badenoch plans to make North Sea oil and gas the “cornerstone” of the economy, Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Ami McCarthy, said:

"Badenoch's extraction plans are more likely to become the tombstone of our economy than the cornerstone. The North Sea is in inexorable decline. Reserves are drying up and what's left and untapped is barely enough to keep it on life support - lasting no more than a few months or years at current rates of consumption.

“Whatever the political rhetoric, the oil and gas is pretty much gone - and soon, so too will the jobs of thousands of workers.

“We can't remain dependent on expensive overseas imports, continue fueling the climate change-induced wildfires, heatwaves and floods that are spiraling out of control, and watch an entire industry collapse with no plan for workers. We therefore must pivot the North Sea to something we have an abundance of, and something that will never run out – wind.”