https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/crimes-against-humanity

PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak jetted into Scotland today [Monday] to announce a cash bonanza for the oil majors, just days after the United Nations announced that “the era of global boiling has arrived.”

Companies such as Shell and BP, which coined £3 billion each in just the last three months, continue to enjoy the Prime Minister’s generosity.

Having already doled out billions of pounds worth of windfall tax breaks to fossil fuel majors in the North Sea, Mr Sunak has said he will back the granting of over 100 new oil and gas licences and provide up to £20bn in state handouts to carbon capture and storage.

Despite the proposed fields not likely to come on stream for over a decade, Mr Sunak and ministers such as Energy Secretary Grant Shapps claim that the supply would ensure energy security and aid in “safeguarding bills for British families.”

Mr Sunak argued his policy to prolong production of oil and gas by decades “is entirely consistent with our plans to get to net zero” — a target due to be met in just seven years.

The Prime Minister’s remarks united climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners, trade unionists and opposition politicians in their condemnation of a policy they argue ditches international commitments on climate change, fails to deliver a fair transition for workers, and will not help those struggling to pay heating bills this winter.

In a statement, climate activists Just Stop Oil branded the 100 new licences expected to be granted this autumn as “100 new crimes against humanity,” adding: “Rishi Sunak and his fossil fuel backers are taking us all for fools.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/crimes-against-humanity