UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more #oil and #gas extraction in the #NorthSea, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The national outlets, including the #Sun, the #DailyTelegraph and the #Times, argue that the nation “needs” more North Sea #drilling to provide “home-sourced oil and gas” amid a “full-blown energy crisis”. These newspapers seek to blame energy secretary Ed Miliband’s “net-zero crusade” for curbing UK fossil-fuel production – despite supplies dwindling for decades before he took the role. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-newspapers-have-already-printed-63-editorials-in-2026-backing-north-sea-drilling/ #FossilFuels #FossilIndustry