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      The Total Culzean platform is pictured in the North Sea, about 45 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland on April 8, 2019.

      UK Labour Party Vows to Block All New North Sea Oil and Gas Projects If It Regains Power

      "The commitment from Labour to oppose new fossil fuel developments is a welcome first step, but it needs to come with plans for a just transition to renewable energy," said one advocate.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 30, 2023

      While welcoming the Labour Party's vow to block new offshore oil and gas drilling if it wins control of the United Kingdom Parliament, climate justice campaigners on Tuesday implored the party to ensure that a shift to clean power is fair to displaced workers.

      "The science is clear that to prevent further climate breakdown, we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground," Freya Aitchison, oil and gas campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said in a statement. "The commitment from Labour to oppose new fossil fuel developments is a welcome first step, but it needs to come with plans for a just transition to renewable energy."

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      Usnea Granger, Greenpeace activist, holding a sign that reads: "Stop Drilling. Start Paying."

      I Occupied Shell's Ship to Hold Them Accountable

      We are going to put people, not oil and gas companies and wealthy elites, back at the heart of governance and public life.

      Usnea Granger
      Feb 14, 2023

      As a farmworker in Applegate, Oregon, I learned the delicate balance of nature. Water, soil, air, and countless other factors all play their role in creating life. From season to season I saw how even small changes would affect the health of the crops. But the changes in recent years have been anything but small. Today, that farm’s once lush, fertile fields are dry and arid, a victim of extreme drought brought on by the climate crisis.

      My story has become common. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. farmers surveyed in August saw a reduction in harvest yields due to drought. The Colorado River, which supplies 40 million people, teeters on the brink of collapse. We are currently in the worst megadrought in 1,200 years. There can no longer be any doubt: climate change is happening. Unless we address it now, the fate of our farm will become the fate of the planet.

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      Undaunted by Jail Threat, Greenpeace Activists Continue Protest on Shell North Sea Platform

      "We will not let Shell silence us," vowed one of the demonstrators. "The world needs to hear about Shell's ongoing plans to further heat up the planet, increasing climate devastation without paying a cent towards rebuilding the carnage."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 06, 2023

      Undeterred by a court order threatening heavy fines or even two years behind bars, a pair of Greenpeace activists on Monday joined four other protesters aboard a shipcarrying a Shell oil platform into the North Sea in order to demand the company stop expanding fossil fuel production around the world.

      On Monday morning, the Greenpeace France-chartered trimaran Merida and two small boats approached the White Marlin heavy-lift vessel, which is transporting Shell's 34,000-ton floating production storage and offloading vessel to the Penguins oil field near the Shetland Islands off northeast of Scotland. According to Energy Voice, it's Shell's first new manned installation in the U.K. North Sea in 30 years.

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