No more new oil fields
The UK government has been urged to reject Equinor’s resubmitted application to drill in Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.
The call comes as the UK government has received a new application from the fossil fuel giant, meaning that a final decision is imminent.
Scottish Greens climate spokesperson Patrick Harvie said:
“It would be outrageous climate vandalism for the government to let Rosebank go ahead.
“What Equinor is proposing would do untold damage to our environment and would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
“It would tie us even closer to unstable fossil fuel prices when we should be investing in clean, green renewable energy to cut bills and protect our planet.
“There is no safe or climate-friendly level of new drilling. If the UK government is remotely serious about our environment it will reject this destructive application for good.”