More than a million people are calling on the UK to halt new oil licenses in the North Sea and focus on clean energy.
London, April 23 (EFEverde) - More than a million people called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deny new oil extraction licenses in the North Sea and promote a transition to clean energy that would allow retraining of hydrocarbon workers.
The coordinated online petition was sent to the Prime Minister on the eve of the London Summit on the Future of Energy Security, co-organized with the International Energy Agency (IEA), on Thursday and Friday. This summit will be held in London on Thursday and Friday. This summit will be held in London on Thursday and Friday, where 60 countries will analyze options for ensuring a sustainable energy supply.
The signatories of the letter, including organizations such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, urged Starmer to propose an environmentally friendly plan at the meeting, in contrast to the United States' position, which advocates promoting fossil fuels.
Environmentalists also want the government to refuse to grant a new oil extraction license to the Rosebank project in the North Sea, after the previous one was declared invalid by the Scottish courts for failing to take into account its full environmental impact.
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The Labour government is currently assessing what criteria potential new licenses should meet to ensure they meet national decarbonization targets.
Lauren MacDonald, a spokesperson for Stop Rosebank, said the petition "makes it clear that people are fed up with high energy bills and worried about climate change, both a result of our dependence on volatile oil and gas prices."
"With the North Sea in terminal decline, citizens know that the only way to ensure reliable and affordable energy is by harnessing renewable resources," he said.
Friends of the Earth Scotland spokesperson Caroline Rance emphasized that "oil and gas workers must be central to building a new energy system powered by renewables and managed for the benefit of the public." EFEverde
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