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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling

An oil rig in the North Sea.
An oil rig in the North Sea. Andy Burnham’s government is under pressure from the fossil fuel industry to allow new drilling at the Jackdaw and Rosebank oilfields. Photograph: Rick Wood Photography/Alamy

Leading climate scientists who created Greater Manchester’s carbon neutral by 2038 commitment are urging Andy Burnham to unequivocally reject new drilling in the North Sea.

In a letter to the prime minister they said he, as mayor of Greater Manchester, had unveiled one of the UK’s most ambitious local climate programmes that tackled housing, green growth and public transport.

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