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‘If we keep drilling for fossil fuels, billions will die’
The fight against the newly approved Rosebank oil field ‘is not over’, environmental campaigners warn
Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the UK government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead, September 27, 2023.
CLIMATE campaigners have warned “the fight’s not over” after the Rosebank oil field, estimated to contain 545 million barrels, was given the green light.
The North Sea Transition Authority’s licence approval came just days after Rishi Sunak U-turned on a raft of government measures aimed at achieving net-zero by 2050, a target the PM still claims will be met.
Plans to exploit the field had been shelved at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow two years ago.
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There is little benefit coming to Scotland or the wider UK from projects like Rosebank or Jackdaw – or indeed renewables – as profits are siphoned out of the country by foreign companies, writes PAULINE BRYAN
