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Tell your MP: no more North Sea drilling

The PM has signalled that he is likely to approve more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
UPDATE: As of 21 October, Jackdaw has been approved, but the decision on Rosebank is still pending.
More fossil fuels means more climate damage for communities in the UK and around the world.
More North Sea drilling won't cut energy bills or end the cost-of-living crisis.
The UK should lead on climate action not climate disaster through locking in decades of new oil production.
We need investment in clean energy and a fair transition to support workers and communities.
Say NO to more oil and gas – Email your MP today

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Tell your MP: no more North Sea drilling

The PM has signalled that he is likely to approve more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
UPDATE: As of 21 October, Jackdaw has been approved, but the decision on Rosebank is still pending.
More fossil fuels means more climate damage for communities in the UK and around the world.
More North Sea drilling won't cut energy bills or end the cost-of-living crisis.
The UK should lead on climate action not climate disaster through locking in decades of new oil production.
We need investment in clean energy and a fair transition to support workers and communities.
Say NO to more oil and gas – Email your MP today

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The climate crisis isn't a problem for tomorrow. It's happening now.

Every day, communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis are paying the price for decisions they did little to cause.

Currently there are signals that the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is set to announce more North Sea drilling.

(UPDATE) 21st October: Jackdaw has been given the go ahead, NOW we need to ensure that Rosebank doesn’t also get approval.

Rosebank is the bigger of the two projects. If approved, Rosebank oil field would contribute to approximately 57,400 excess heat deaths globally – more than the number of babies born in Scotland in a year.

At a time of record heatwaves, wildfires and extreme weather, approving new oil and gas projects would send the world backwards.

We cannot tackle a climate emergency by expanding the very industries driving it. And we cannot drill our way to energy security.

We can choose a fairer future. One powered by renewable energy, good jobs, thriving communities and climate justice. Here and around the world.

Together, we can push for a future powered by clean energy, with climate justice and fairness for all.

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Dear {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName} MP,

I’m getting in touch, as your constituent, to ask you to urgently write to the Prime Minister to urge him to oppose the development of new oil and gas projects in the North Sea.

As you’ll be aware, the Prime Minister has just given approval for the Jackdaw gas field to go ahead. An announcement is now expected imminently about the whether the larger project, Rosebank, can go ahead.
 
There is no room for new oil and gas on an overheating planet.

As wildfires rage in Suffolk and Scotland, and droughts strike for the second year in Somalia and South Sudan, the impacts of the climate crisis are increasingly clear the world over. For millions, this means losing homes, livelihoods and lives. 

If both projects are approved, Rosebank and Jackdaw's combined lifetime carbon emissions would cause approximately 65,495 excess heat deaths, equivalent to wiping out the entire population of Inverness.

The science is stark: there is no room for new oil and gas on an overheating planet. If the UK wants to be a climate leader, and keep its promises on climate, these projects simply cannot go ahead.

 The UK must put people and planet before private profit.
 
 The Prime Minister has said that tackling climate change “isn’t just about protecting the planet – it's a powerful opportunity to build a fairer, greener future for our communities”. He’s right. But we cannot lock ourselves into decades of fossil fuel production and pollution, which will do nothing to bring down UK bills. Instead, the government needs to support workers and communities in the transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewables. This means developing a clear plan to a fairer, greener economy: one that puts reducing inequality as a key aim, ensuring that the costs and benefits of this transition are shared and no-one is left behind.
 
The future of the North Sea is the defining test of this government’s climate credibility.

As my representative, will you write to the Prime Minister to urge him to:

•	Ensure that Rosebank does not get approval, and keep Labour’s manifesto commitment to end new oil and gas licensing in the North Sea.

•	Send a clear global signal of the UK’s commitment to reducing fossil fuel dependence.

•	Demand a commitment to support workers and communities in the transition to a fairer, greener future.

•	Ensure polluters pay their fair share for climate action.  
 

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