There is no justification for the expansion of North Sea gas

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch visits an oil rig in Aberdeen, Scotland, campaigning for the expansion of oil and gas on 30 March 2026. Photograph: Paul Reid/Getty Images

I was surprised to read Nils Pratley’s recent column arguing for more North Sea gas (The UK needs more North Sea gas, not greater reliance on US imports, 14 April).

Nils rightly questions reliance on costly and highly polluting imported US liquefied natural gas, but I think the analysis gives insufficient weight to the scale and immediacy of the climate and nature crisis.