Jackdaw gas field set for approval in coming weeks, sources say
This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sarah Louise Ellis 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈♥️⭐🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷25The UK is now the lapdog of the super rich right-wing Trumpian capitalists, hell bent on destruction of the planet, through greed, lack of education and knowledge, war and stupidity. There's only one planet. We need to protect it. Oil and gas are NOT the answer and should be left in the ground.
Tony13Andy Burn'em didn't save us or Labour.
James Flynn11Infinite growth on a finite planet is biophysically impossible and drives ecological collapse.
meds06.bsky.social9Such a terrible decision. Which is why I’ll be voting for you in the upcoming by-election.
Usman-Smith7Follow the money. It's not going to you. It's not going to me. It's going to them. It's a stark illustration of who runs a country. It's every country. It's only going to change it we force them to change it. That remains a task that would take decades. We don't have the patience. Nor does nature.
Utter Flannel7The King of the North Sea Oil is a corrupt, Fossil-Fuel gimp
Tonksey154If Burnham approves this then all his talk is just that. Just like Starmer.
Bold Politics102The interests of people and planet > the interests of fossil fuel giants.
Adrian Littlejohn48And now we seem to be ready for a bust-up with Argentina, over drilling rights in the huge oilfield near the Falklands/Malvinas. That would be truly insane - fighting for the right to further accelerate global warming... 😢
Mike Bailey20Polanski is the only political leader who demands an end to fossil fuel expansion. Put our children’s future ahead of short term advantage for yourself Andy Burnham
Kevin 🏴🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen9100% THIS!! 👇 #Labour are only drilling for more oil & gas, despite warnings & people dying, because of the massive bungs the fossil fuel industry are chucking their way. Our govt is corrupt. We need fresh politics that care for the people & the planet. That isn't from Labour, but the #GreenParty.
Cab Davidson8Note that 3000 is an early and preliminary estimate. The death toll due to the new normal for our summers will be far higher, and will happen again, and again, and again. And it will only get worse.
Dreamliner Ontario8Leave. It. In. The. Ground.
Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃8@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social I hope you are taking notes...
Barry Burns7Andy Burnham’s revolutionary, progressive, change1everything Labour government has really shaken up the status quo. What a radical UK we’ve quickly become.
Baby octopus5Andy Burn-em thinks the hottest summer ever in Britain wasn't hot enough
The government simultaneously telling people to stock up on food, and going ahead with extracting more fossil fuels from the North Sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The fact that they are incapable of connecting the two, shows they haven't a clue about what climate breakdown actually means
Linda Allen4100% this. Broken social contract writ large.
Debbie Kennedy3If Burnham gives the go ahead, he will hand Holburn byelection to Polanski on a plate.
reciprocalone.bsky.social2This would be a disaster. The government seem not to understand the basics like the importance of clear and consistent political messaging, not ceding ground and strengthening the hand of people like Trump and vested fossil fuel interests. This is just a pointless bung to the fossil fuel companies
Eddie Climate 🇺🇦2Entirely consistent with our government being firmly in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry... obviously we do not have a democracy.
Angela Dunning2I quite simply despair. What more can we say or do? It's feels like shouting into the ether and they simply won't accept the science. It's so bloody infantile.
Lit Their Star1Surely Int'l contingency plans between Govts, supermarkets and producers are what is needed, not telling already cash strapped consumers to store extra food. 🤪 Total hypocrisy when you're approving more fossil fuel extraction. My vote will be going to Green, Burnham/Starmer, there's no difference..
rhonda611.bsky.social5Vote Green - nothing else will change their policy. Show them we care about climate change and cronyism.
Redkite Traveller4This shows burnham is all mouth and tshirt
@albomp.bsky.social What real planning is your Govt doing to address food security in Australia with the clear amplification of climate change events we’re seeing? And is your non-action reflective of your Govt’s view that it doesn’t have a duty of care to future generations of Australians?
NEW: Ministers are poised to approve a controversial new gasfield in the North Sea later this month, government sources tell @kiranstacey.bsky.social, and are also likely to approve a major oilfield later this year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pippa Crerar9Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, will give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen as soon as next week, with formal approval following as soon as a week after.
𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄1What a load of tosh - that oil goes straight into the hands of international oil companies, none of which will be reserved for uk use , so doing nothing to help our dependence on oil availability, a justification often quoted by those on the right.
So that's it for most of us who thought Burnham might change things. Back to Green. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Andrew James1Absolutely! If the Burnham Honeymoon is fading fast, it's not getting used to novely, it's because he's so similar to the last bloke and has broken all his vows before he's back from the holiday!
Ch6Red1It ain’t a shock as his leadership campaign was effectively more Keir and bigotry etc, I know some portrayed him as different and it woulda been great if he was or progressive
Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, will give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen as soon as next week, with formal approval following as soon as a week after. Very very disappointing.
Claire S (UK not USA)3It really is, it'll achieve nothing except pee off a huge number of people. First big mistake by Burnham if he allows this to happen.
Colinf7 #FBPE3It’s not just disappointing it will be catastrophic. What’s wrong with this government?
Kate Martin2And after the last few years of obvious climate disasters in the news and weather records being regularly broken. 😡
