Greenpeace Response to Chancellor’s Multi-Million Pound Hand-Out to Oil and Gas Industry

Responding to news today that the Chancellor George Osborne has given the oil and gas industry a multi-million pound hand-out, Dr Doug Parr, policy director at Greenpeace, said:

“It doesn’t look like Osborne cares one little bit about a true British growth sector, or about our planet. Our clean energy sector accounted for a third of all growth in the last year. Yet this massive hand-out to his polluting mates is yet another obstacle thrown in the path of Britain’s green industries.

“The Arctic sea ice is melting to record levels, and he shoves millions of pounds into the pockets of those responsible. There’s no way he should be doing that. Instead, he should be channelling Treasury support to the new, clean twenty-first century industries, like renewable energy, instead of throwing our money at a declining industry in the North Sea in an attempt to get every last drop of oil.”

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