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'All of the above' energy policy: Why can't anyone get it right?

James Murray

10 March 2026 • 6 min read

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Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm / Credit: Kevin Berry - RWE UK

Calls to approve more drilling in the North Sea in response to the latest energy crisis are deliberately overlooking the clean tech projects that can enhance energy security in the near term

I must admit I preferred it when the calls for a 'war effort' to advance the clean energy transition were metaphorical. With oil prices having now spiralled past the $100 mark and the rhetoric and bombing...

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