https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/greens-call-year-climate-action-rejection-rosebank
Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024THE Scottish Greens called today for a year of climate action, starting with the rejection of Rosebank oil field project.
Net Zero spokesman Patrick Harvie urged both the Scottish and Westminster governments to reject the plans for further oil and gas extraction from the North Sea, instead committing to reaching their net zero targets.
The Labour government has not ruled out production from the Rosebank oil field, and all new exploration, despite numerous warnings from experts that the cost to our climate would be catastrophic.
Mr Harvie said: “We are trapped in a deepening climate crisis, and drilling for new oil and gas will do nothing but worsen the conditions and put unnecessary pressure on our climate already at breaking point.
“There is no going back and starting again. There is no planet B for us to go and live on.
“People cannot afford the rising costs of energy bills that are being made worse by maintaining a link between the cost of gas and electricity.”
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