The newly elected US President Donald Trump has attacked the British Prime Minister's clean energy plan, calling on him to open the North Sea to oil and gas drilling and abandon wind power, BNR reported.
In a social media post, the newly elected US president wrote that the United Kingdom is making a mistake by reducing its dependence on oil and gas.
Trump's comments come after several energy companies left the North Sea region in protest against the government's decision to increase a tax on additional profits for oil and gas producers, which will be used to fund renewable energy. British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has pledged to achieve clean energy by 2030, putting the UK in a potential clash with Donald Trump, who has vowed to expand US oil and gas production.
As part of the government's plan to meet its 2030 clean energy deadline, it has blocked new drilling licenses in the North Sea while pushing for more wind and solar power. Trump has called the switch to green energy a "hoax" and suggested that wind turbines are killing whales. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage responded to Trump's post by saying: "I agree 100 percent."