{"id":286940,"date":"2025-11-27T23:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286940\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T23:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:31:24","slug":"britain-becomes-worlds-largest-economy-to-end-new-oil-and-gas-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286940\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain becomes world\u2019s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commenting on the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/north-sea-future-plan-for-fair-managed-and-prosperous-transition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Sea Future Plan<\/a>, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK\u2019s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain has just made history. Closing the door to new exploration marks the beginning of the end of oil and gas in this country. By standing firm on its manifesto promise, the government has shown genuine global climate leadership, making the UK the world\u2019s largest economy to call time on new fossil fuel exploration. This is a major milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOil and gas production has driven both the climate and energy price crises, leaving us all paying through the nose while fossil fuel giants have pocketed billions. But the winds are changing. The future of Britain\u2019s energy is and needs to be clean, stable, home-grown renewables \u2013 not expensive, volatile, climate-wrecking fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the current plan \u2013 and the cash \u2013 to support North Sea workers doesn\u2019t go far enough. It\u2019s vital they are at the heart of Britain\u2019s transition to a clean-energy superpower, not left behind by it \u2013 but a \u00a320mn jobs package doesn\u2019t cut the mustard. A fair transition will create thousands of new jobs, strengthen communities, and prove that climate leadership and economic security can go hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<br \/>Contact: Greenpeace UK Press Office \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/news\/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration\/mailto:press.uk@greenpeace.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press.uk@greenpeace.org<\/a> or 020 7865 8255<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commenting on the government\u2019s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-286940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}