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Hi John,
In February, the climate movement scored a major win when the proposed Rosebank oil field in the North Sea was defeated in the high court. But we can’t claim victory yet.
After a crushing defeat for big oil in the courts, the government must go through a new policy process and decide whether to approve Rosebank under the new rules it comes up with. We know there is only one answer that makes sense, but we also know that governments need to be pushed to prioritise the climate over big business and its profits.
Major noise is required to make approving Rosebank, or any other new oil and gas, feel like a big risk to the government’s popularity. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is currently running a consultation, and on 24 April we’ll be jointly handing in hundreds of thousands of signatures calling for an end to new oil and gas in the UK.
We think that between us and our allies, we can get this number to 1 million. Can you sign the petition now to help us get there?
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The evidence could not be clearer about oil and gas: producing more of it is going to doom us to climate chaos, and will do nothing to lower our energy bills. Below are three key ways that Rosebank, or any other new oil or gas will harm everyone, except those making millions from big oil.
** 1. More oil and gas will create an ever more unjust and unstable world
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More fossil fuels = more climate change. It’s that simple. The atmosphere is getting hotter, climate disasters are on the rise, and it’s the burning of fossil fuels that’s causing it.
Globally renowned Filipina climate justice activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan told a Global Justice Now event in November that “in the Philippines, we rely on the ocean to live. [Major oil company] Shell has made the ocean rise up and become our enemy”.
From wildfires and endless droughts to earthquakes and typhoons, climate-vulnerable communities like Mitzi’s are under threat from climate change every day. More oil and gas in the UK means more risk for every person in these communities. It’s an injustice that we must not let stand.
** 2. More oil and gas won’t make our bills cheaper
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Oil is mostly exported to be sold on a volatile global market. Governments have little to no power to set the prices for oil produced in their countries.
In our current, fossil-fuelled energy system our living standards are left open to the whims of a market where prices can be sent into turmoil or supercharged at any moment.
Instead of approving projects like Rosebank, the government should focus on a fast and fair transition to domestically produced renewable energy, and support other countries to create similar systems so that we can all have access to reliable, affordable and safe energy.
** 3. More oil and gas will fuel more inequality in the UK
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Climate change and other impacts of fossil fuels aren’t just a threat to the global south. While other countries are much more climate-vulnerable than the UK, it’s a fantasy to assume that climate change won’t hurt people here. As always, where crises hit, the poorest feel it first.
Extreme weather is threatening homes and livelihoods across the UK through impacts like coastal erosion. And that’s not the only major crisis coming our way. The government itself has identified air pollution, which is significantly caused by burning fossil fuels, as a major public health risk. Research has found that the most deprived groups in the UK are the most exposed to air pollution.
Climate change is also driving inequality in other ways, with research showing that it is currently costing UK households around £3,000 per year due to issues like disruptions in food prices. Once again, the poorest households will feel this most keenly, while big oil keeps making billions.
For climate-vulnerable communities around the world, for those of us struggling to get by, for all of our futures, we need to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop.
In the UK we’re in a time of major opportunities and major threats. Join us and tell this government that people in the UK don’t want more climate chaos or inequality. Which means that we don’t want any more oil and gas.
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Thank you,
Izzie McIntosh
Campaigner at Global Justice Now
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