Greenpeace UK: New Oil and Gas Licences Could See Emissions Reach Equivalent of 25 Cumbria Coal Mines
March 23, 2021
March 23, 2021
LONDON, England, March 23 -- Greenpeace UK issued the following news release on March 22, 2021:
New oil and gas licences in the UK could see carbon emissions reach the equivalent of 25 Cumbria coal mines, campaigners have warned.
If the government goes ahead with plans to issue new oil and gas licenses in UK waters, an estimated 14.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent of oil and gas could be extracted by 2050, which would release up to 5.7 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions whe . . .
New oil and gas licences in the UK could see carbon emissions reach the equivalent of 25 Cumbria coal mines, campaigners have warned.
If the government goes ahead with plans to issue new oil and gas licenses in UK waters, an estimated 14.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent of oil and gas could be extracted by 2050, which would release up to 5.7 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions whe . . .