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Greenpeace activists board a BP oil rig in Cromarty Firth, Scotland to stop it from further oil drilling at sea on June 10th 2019. Campaigners are decrying a plan to develop a new oil field in Scotland months ahead of a global climate action summit in Glasgow. (Photo: Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)
Climate action campaigners on Wednesday demanded that the U.K. government reject plans by two fossil fuel giants to develop a large new oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland's Shetland Islands--which have been announced as officials prepare for a global conference on the need to end fossil fuel extraction to mitigate the climate crisis.
"A managed phase out of oil and gas is necessary to protect people who work in this industry, their communities, and the climate."
--Caroline Rance, FOE Scotland
\u201cMinisters told to reject 'indefensible' Shetland oil field plans ahead of #COP26\n\nProducing and burning the 800 million barrels in this field would be equivalent to 10 X Scotland\u2019s annual climate emissions. \n\nBoth Governments must say no to Cambo\u270b\nhttps://t.co/2YtVxmvtNI\u201d— Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e (@Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e) 1624461766
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Climate action campaigners on Wednesday demanded that the U.K. government reject plans by two fossil fuel giants to develop a large new oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland's Shetland Islands--which have been announced as officials prepare for a global conference on the need to end fossil fuel extraction to mitigate the climate crisis.
"A managed phase out of oil and gas is necessary to protect people who work in this industry, their communities, and the climate."
--Caroline Rance, FOE Scotland
\u201cMinisters told to reject 'indefensible' Shetland oil field plans ahead of #COP26\n\nProducing and burning the 800 million barrels in this field would be equivalent to 10 X Scotland\u2019s annual climate emissions. \n\nBoth Governments must say no to Cambo\u270b\nhttps://t.co/2YtVxmvtNI\u201d— Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e (@Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e) 1624461766
Climate action campaigners on Wednesday demanded that the U.K. government reject plans by two fossil fuel giants to develop a large new oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland's Shetland Islands--which have been announced as officials prepare for a global conference on the need to end fossil fuel extraction to mitigate the climate crisis.
"A managed phase out of oil and gas is necessary to protect people who work in this industry, their communities, and the climate."
--Caroline Rance, FOE Scotland
\u201cMinisters told to reject 'indefensible' Shetland oil field plans ahead of #COP26\n\nProducing and burning the 800 million barrels in this field would be equivalent to 10 X Scotland\u2019s annual climate emissions. \n\nBoth Governments must say no to Cambo\u270b\nhttps://t.co/2YtVxmvtNI\u201d— Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e (@Friends of the Earth Scotland \ud83c\udf0e) 1624461766