Thread by @StopCambo

Right now the UK government is considering approval of @Equinor's Rosebank oil field.

If Rosebank goes ahead, it'll be a disaster for the climate and cost the UK taxpayer billions of pounds.

Here's why we have to stop this oil field...🧵
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Just burning the oil & gas in existing fields will push us past the limits for a liveable climate.

Scientists have said time & time again (the last time was Monday) that we can't have any new oil & gas fields if we want to limit warming to 1.5C.

This means no Rosebank.

Rosebank will be massively subsidised by the UK taxpayer.

Instead of supporting the millions of people in the UK struggling to survive, the UK govt will be effectively handing over billions of pounds to Norwegian oil giant Equinor.

Equinor made £62 billion in profit last year.

Rosebank won’t do a single thing to make our energy affordable or more secure.

It’s oil - 80% of which we export.

It won’t affect the price of oil & gas - those are set globally.

It’ll delay real solutions to lower bills - insulated homes and cheap renewables.

Rosebank will trash our seas as well as the climate.

A pipeline from the field is set to run straight through a marine protected area, endangering dozens of species & potentially permanently damaging fragile ocean ecosystems.

All of this destruction so Equinor can make money.

Every new field delays the funding & focus needed for a just transition.

With the right support, which workers have been calling for, we could see 3 jobs in clean energy for every existing oil & gas job.

This won’t happen while the government ignores workers’ demands.

Approving Rosebank would be a catastrophic decision for the UK and a slap in the face to the millions already on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

@RishiSunak and @grantshapps must reject this field.

Together we will #StopRosebank. Join us.
stopcambo.org.uk/act