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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Ministers ‘misrepresented’ UK climate advisory body, say scientists

North Sea oil platform.
Ministers have used the claim to justify signing off new oil and gas licences in the North Sea. Photograph: Michael McDonald/Alamy

The UK government has “misrepresented” the Climate Change Committee (CCC) by wrongly claiming it said we would need a quarter of our energy to come from fossil fuels by 2050, scientists have said.

In order to justify signing off new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, ministers have said the country will still require a quarter of its energy to come from gas in 2050, the year the UK is supposed to meet net zero.

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