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HELP STOP FURTHER OIL EXTRACTION
Update from Carbon Brief: A vote on proposed UK legislation that would “maximise North Sea oil and gas production” has been delayed, the Times reports. According to the paper, the bill was due to receive its second reading last night. However, it reports that previous business overran, and the government’s deputy chief whip, Marcus Jones, said it “would not be right to give MPs little more than 45 minutes to debate the plan”. Jones expects the vote to take place within the next two weeks, the newspaper says.
Please contact local MP James Cartlidge or other MPs, ministers - there are quite a few conservative MPs who are unhappy with this bill as it welches on UK’s climate commitments. E.g.:
“This Bill has disastrous environmental implications. Consistent and respected research demonstrates that we have to stop extracting fossil fuels if we are to have any chance of preventing global temperatures rising by more than 1.5°C.
Having built the wealth of this country on fossil fuels we should now lead the rest of the world by example and reduce the amount of fossil fuels that we are putting into the international markets. None of the justifications for granting more licences stands up as shown by your own party members Lord Deben and Ashok Sharma.
Hadleigh Environmental Action Group, with its 300 members, has found that an increasing number of people are worried about climate change and want to see the Government taking stronger action. We are dismayed by your Government’s support for fossil fuels through this Bill.
Please vote against this Bill.”
“Even as conservative an organization as the International Energy Agency has found that “No new oil and natural gas fields are needed“.
Recent research published in the prestigious journal Nature found that 60% of existing oil and gas reserves must be left in the ground if the world is to have even half a chance of preventing global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5ºC.
The UNEP’s production gap report demonstrated that between now and 2030 global production of oil and gas must decline by 4% and 3% respectively, with developed economies such as the UK reducing supply most rapidly.
Arguments that oil and gas are needed for UK energy energy independence are spurious. Oil and gas are traded on international markets.
If the UK wishes to be energy independent, then largescale investment in energy efficiency, which can also help with the cost of living crisis, and in renewable energy, are what will help future-proof the UK’s energy security.
Please vote against this Bill.“
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