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mps will vote this evening on the government's plans to guarantee annual licenses for oil and gas projects in the north sea. the offshore petroleum licensing bill has caused some considerable unrest among conservative backbenchers, the former energy minister and mp for kingsdown, chris skidmore, has resigned over the issue. today ahead of the vote, the uk s former business and energy secretary, alok sharma, said he would oppose the bill, criticising it as a sign the government was not serious about its international climate commitments. the uk's independent climate change committee h...

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On its ambitious plans for expanding home—grown clean energy. but rishi sunak�*s government is not the only one in europe looking again at its commitments on renewable energy — and how far that will take them. this weekend, the french government announced it will need more than the six new nuclear plants currently planned — possibly as many as m new plants — to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels, from 60 to 40% by 2035. the renowned french climatologist jean—machancovici, whose book world without end, sold nearly a million copies in france, said wind, solar and hydroel...

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