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Greg Muttitt, Honorary Research Fellow, Energy & Climate Change, UCL

The world no longer needs new fossil fuels – and the UK could lead the way in making them taboo

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North Sea oil and gas has become a battleground issue in the UK general election.

The Labour party’s manifesto promises an end to issuing new licenses for finding oil and gas. The Conservative party meanwhile proposes a law that would require the next government to hold a licensing round every year.

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