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Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'

Kemi Badenoch vows to scrap net zero policies and fully overhaul the North Sea Transition Authority to maximise fossil fuel extraction amid economic and energy security concerns.

  • On Tuesday 2025-08-31, Kemi Badenoch will deliver a speech in Aberdeen outlining Tory plans to maximize oil and gas extraction from the North Sea by overhauling the North Sea Transition Authority.
  • The plan responds to concerns about falling economic growth partly caused by declining North Sea production and national security risks highlighted by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
  • Badenoch will call for repealing net zero policies, replacing NSTA’s mandate with a directive to extract all possible fossil fuels, criticizing the current approach as economic disarmament and untapped resources while Norway exploits the same seabed.
  • The government states issuing new licenses for new fields will not lower bills or improve energy security but worsen the climate crisis, while Greenpeace and environmental campaigners label the plans reckless and bad economics.
  • The implications suggest a shift away from energy transition policies toward maximizing fossil fuel output with contested economic and environmental impacts amid high energy prices and a declining North Sea basin.
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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
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