Offering oil and gas licences every year distracts from the challenge of winding down UK North Sea: New areas for oil and gas development on the UK’s North Sea continental shelf are to be made available through annual licensing rounds subject to net zero tests. These proposals by the UK government, outlined in the 2023 …
Criminalising nitrous oxide users is no laughing matter if it distracts from more serious drug problems: In England and Wales, it is not illegal to possess nitrous oxide – but that could soon change. The UK’s home secretary, Priti Patel, has asked her scientific advisers to review the evidence on the harm associated with its …
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