Green campaigners criticise decision to approve large oilfield northwest of Shetland
“The greatest act of environmental vandalism in my lifetime” is how Caroline Lucas, co-leader of the Green party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, described the government’s decision to approve the Rosebank oilfield. She tweeted:
Tessa Khan, a climate lawyer and executive director of Uplift, which helped coordinate the Stop Rosebank campaign, said:
Rosebank will do nothing to lower fuel bills or boost UK energy security. Most of this oil will be shipped abroad and then sold back to us at whatever price makes the oil and gas industry the most profit.
People in the UK overwhelmingly support moving to cheaper, cleaner renewable energy. This government should be prioritising making sure no pensioner, or family with small children is living in a cold, damp home this winter, not handing billions in tax breaks to obscenely wealthy foreign companies.
