Should Net Zero be scrapped? | LBC debate

Kemi Badenoch has committed the Tories to extract as much oil and gas as possible from the North Sea. The Conservative Party leader said it was “absurd” to leave the fossil fuel resources untapped. But the Government said issuing new licences for oil and gas exploration would “not take a penny off bills” and would accelerate the “worsening climate crisis”. Mrs Badenoch will use a speech in Aberdeen on Tuesday to set out her plans. She will announce that the Tories plan to completely overhaul the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), which oversees the issuing of licences, dropping the word transition and giving it a simple order to extract the maximum possible amount of fossil fuels. Ahead of her speech, Mrs Badenoch pledged that “we are going to get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea”. Ben Kentish sat down for a fiery interview with Tory Shadow Minister Alex Burghart to get his party's opinion on the plan. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #benkentish #kemibadenoch #northsea #netzero #environment #debate #politics #ukpolitics #lbc LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.