Liz Truss’s government is expected to fast-track permits for new North Sea gas fields to boost fossil fuel extraction on the UK’s continental shelf.
In a recent letter, the Committee on Climate Change (an expert body that advises the UK government) warned the new prime minister that increasing gas production may shore up supplies this winter, but there is not enough gas to ease the high prices set on the global market or cut the UK’s dependence on gas imports.
