Ɖ Gardịn vy on ny Norʈ Sī drilñ: msrīdñ ɖ mūd
Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 31 July 2023
Riśi Sūnac’s dsiźn t moʈbōl hiz grīn cmitmnts riscs dwñ no gd t enwn, includñ ɖ Tori parti
Munde, 31 Jlî 2023
Ɖ hotist munʈ in wrldhisṭri hz jst endd. It z onli dez sins ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz jenṛl secṛtri, António Guterres, wornd ɖt ɖ ira v globl wormñ hz nǎ bcm ɖ ira v globl bôlñ. Clîṃtcrîsis hōnts ol neśnz wɖt xpśn. Ɖ ces fr a rīduḅlñ v eḟts t crb grīnhǎs gasz cd hardli b mor starc ɖn tde.
So ẃt cnd v līdrśp dz Britn’z prîm̦inistr ofr in rspons t ɖs crîsis? Ansr: h anǎnsz an xpanśn in drilñ fr ɖ ôl n gas ɖt r drîvñ ɖ imiśnz ɖt r trnsformñ ɖ wrld’z clîṃt. In uɖr wrdz, ẃl ɖ planit brnz, Riśi Sūnac standz akzd v porñ fyl on ɖ flemz.
Mr Sūnac cnfrmd on Munde ɖt ɖ YC z t pres ahd wɖ a ny fêz v Norʈ Sī ôl n gas xpḷreśn n pṛdux́n. “Hundṛdz” v lîsnsz wl b grantd in Sptmbr n in subsiqnt rǎndz v lîsnsñ. Ɖ em z xplisit. Rɖr ɖn wîndñ dǎn ɖ inḍstri n cīpñ ɖ rzorsz in ɖ grǎnd az part v ɖ trnziśn t ɖ net-ziro targit, Mr Sūnac wonts t max ǎt pṛdux́n v ɖ Norʈ Sī’z rmenñ rzrvz.
H clemd ɖt ɖ ny drilñ z nīdd bcz v ɖ ʈret t eṇji s’plîz fṛm Vladīmir Pūtin n uɖr tîṛnts. F so, ɖt z an indîtmnt v ɖ śortsîtd we in ẃć ɖ YC hz manijd its ôl n gas, n ɖ reṿnyz fṛm ɖm, fr decedz. Bt ɖ truʈ z olso ɖt Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts hv a hisṭri v caẓ́li rnegñ on clîṃtcmitmnts. “W’re nt gwñ t sev ɖ planit bî ptñ ǎr cuntri ǎt v biznis,” Jorj Ozbōrn snird in 2011. Mr Sūnac’s dsiźn z in ɖt vein. Ɖ ny drilñ z a marc v ɖ lo – nt ɖ hî – prîoṛti ɖt YC guvnmnts hv gvn t Britn’z naśnl nīdz.
Ɖ prîm̦inistr cupld hiz ny lîsnsñ oṗtyṇtiz fr ôlcumṗniz wɖ anǎnsmnts v tū mor carbncapćr ysij n storij sntrz. Ɖz r partli dzînd t śo ɖt ɖ guvnmnt cntinyz t trīt its clīn-tecnoḷji n net-ziro targits sirịsli. Bt ɖz r marjinl iniṣ́tivz cmperd wɖ ɖ xtndd dpndns on fosilfylz. Ɖe amǎnt t letñ eṇji cumṗniz of ɖ hc n rfyzñ t implimnt dificlt dsiźnz.
Ɖ botmlîn mesij fṛm Munde z stretfwd. Ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt z īzñ p on its grīn cmitmnts undr preśr fṛm ɖ rîtwñ pres n ɖ parti grasrūts in ɖ hop ɖt ɖs cn rvîv Tori fortynz in ɖ jenṛl ilex́n. It z part v ɖ larjr ćenj in Cnsrṿtiv pziśnñ sins ɖ parti s’prîzd itslf bî winñ ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n aftr campenñ agnst Lundn’z clīnr-er meźrz. Bt it z nt an impuls-dsiźn.
Ɖ Tori parti hz bn muvñ in an angrịr n mor libterịn d’rex́n fr mni yirz ovr mni iśuz. Ɖ impeśns wɖ xprts ɖt Mîcl Gov xprest ovr Brexit wz ecoud jrñ ɖ Covid pandemic, n z rcŕñ ovr CO2 imiśnz. Mr Sūnac me se ɖt ɖ parti rmenz cmitd t its clīnr-car n net-ziro targits, bt ɖ riaḷti z ɖt ɖz r nǎ biyñ moʈbōld untl aftr a jenṛl ilex́n ɖt me stl b 15 munʈs awe. It z a teribl lc n it z a teribl aproć – nt līst bcz it unḍesṭmets ɖ public, huz attydz on ɖz iśuz r ofn wîzr ɖn ɖoz v poḷtiśnz.
