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Rosebank owner posts billions in profits to fury of climate campaigners

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Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the U.K. Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the U.K. Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23883752.rosebank-owner-posts-billions-profits-fury-climate-campaigners/

ROSEBANK owner Equinor have once again posted billions in profits – to the fury of climate campaigners.

The Norwegian fossil giant – which has the controlling stake in the huge oil field development in the North Sea – posted profits of £6.6 billion for the past three months.

During the last quarter, the state-owned oil firm posted pre-tax profits of £5.8 billion.

Environmental campaigners said the firm was adding “insult to injury” with its huge profits as parts of Scotland continue to suffer from extreme weather caused by climate breakdown.

Last week, Storm Babet caused flooding that hit towns across north-east Scotland, with some evacuated residents in Angus told they would not be back in their homes by Christmas.

In September, the UK Government gave the green light for the Rosebank development to go ahead, despite fury from campaigners and across the political spectrum.

The field, which lies north-west of Shetland, contains up to 350 million barrels of oil and is expected to be in operation for decades.

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Israeli tanks launch raid into northern Gaza to ‘prepare the battlefield’ before ground invasion

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Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 10 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants' surprise attack. Photo by Naaman Omar apaimages. licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 10 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants’ surprise attack. Photo by Naaman Omar apaimages. licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israeli-tanks-launch-raid-into-northern-gaza-to-prepare-the-battlefield-before-ground-invasion

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ … but not a ceasefire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that temporary breaks or “specific pauses” in the violence could allow British nationals and hostages to be freed and aid to be supplied to the Gaza Strip.

But the government has continued to back Israel’s “right to defend itself,” and resist calls for a ceasefire.

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[Zionist] Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who has also resisted calls to support a ceasefire, said on Wednesday evening that the amount of aid and essential utilities going into Gaza was “completely insufficient.”

In a statement, he called for supplies to be “urgently ramped up” and added that “we support humanitarian pauses.”

However, Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal hit out at Sir Keir, telling him to “stop playing games with people’s lives.”

He wrote on social media platform X: “Aid cannot be safely delivered without a ceasefire. Nor can infrastructure be repaired which is necessary for life.

“If you care about the lives of innocent Palestinians, then call for a ceasefire now or you remain complicit.”

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