“Today's deplorable decision giving the go-ahead for the development of the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field leaves the UK’s climate commitments in tatters and further trashes the reputation it once held as a global climate leader.
“The decision to lock us further into fossil fuel dependency and increasing emissions as record-shattering heatwaves, floods and wildfires destroy lives around the world is unforgivable. In the UK and globally, it is people with the least responsibility for the climate crisis who are suffering its worst impacts.
“Instead of actively encouraging climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects like Rosebank, the UK government should be incentivising a fair switch to clean, renewable energy and ensure the costs fall on those who are most responsible for climate change and who can afford it.”
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