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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Sunak’s new oil and gas licences are ‘moral and economic madness’

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak has been accused of being on the ‘wrong side of history’ by backing new licences. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

By announcing hundreds of new oil and gas licences, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has become a “dangerous radical” pursuing “moral and economic madness”.

That is not the judgment of Just Stop Oil, or any other environmental campaign group, but the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres.

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