Gas Drive Will Not Solve Energy Crisis Climate Advisers Tell Liz Truss Liz Truss
From her first hours in the job, the prime minister has prioritized a series of measures on energy policy to head off the cost of living crisis. She will unveil a cap on energy price rises – although without extending the windfall tax on producers – freezing the average household energy bill at £2,500 a year. She has also signaled a push to extract more gas and oil from the North Sea, accelerate the new licensing of North Sea oil and gas fields, and lift the moratorium on fracking, to try to increase gas production....