Miliband Greenlights Jackdaw Gasfield, Shifts on North Sea Drilling

On April 3rd, Ed Miliband, the Net Zero Secretary, looks ready to greenlight the Jack-Daw

gas field in the North Sea about 150 miles off.

Aberdeen.

This comes even as he calls hitting Net Zero, the core mission for labor.

The project could pump out gas for over 1 million homes, making up 6% of the UK's total

supply.

Pressure's building fast from the Iran conflict choking the strait of Hormuz, spiking

energy prices worldwide.

Miliband sat on the decision for around 2 years, but now Whitehall sources say he shifted,

seeing it fit with carbon goals.

That flip follows Chancellor Rachel Reeves saying, she's all in on North Sea drilling to

steady supplies.

Folks from all sides are pushing hard.

Donald Trump told the UK to drill its own oil this week.

Tony Blair's team and British gas back expansion, Tori's launched a Git-Britain drilling.

Drive, reform UK's on board, and even Scottish labor's Anna-Sarwar gave Miliband props while

urging action.

The Scottish National Party's John Swinney softened too, stressing energy security amid

renewables push, calling domestic gas less carbon heavy.

But Miliband draws a line at the Rosebank field, mostly oil, which he once slammed his

climate wrecking.

No calls yet on either till after next month's Scottish elections, with regulators still

reviewing.

Dahmer stayed mum, but this pivot shows energy crunch, trumping pure green aims for now,

keeping the North Sea debate alive.