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UK’s rewards for North Sea drilling will be droughts, floods and fires

New Scientist21 October 2026, 14:28 UTCUnited Kingdom

The decision to proceed with the Jackdaw gas field will make the UK complicit in pushing up greenhouse gas emissions and give other countries an excuse to do likewise, says Bill McGuire

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