Some 200 climate activists gathered outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s central London offices.
People take part in a protest in central London after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead
She led more than 200 climate activists in chants condemning the scheme outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s central London offices.A protester dressed as a skeleton held a banner which read “100 licences to kill” while demonstrators who stood on the steps of the government department wore crowns of paper roses and joined the crowd in shouts of ‘stop Rosebank’.
It was given the green light by the UK Government’s regulator the North Sea Transition Authority on Wednesday. He told them “we are not just here in anger, we can also be here in hope” and added: “Let’s subsidise the people who are the poorest and most vulnerable in society and let’s stop subsidising fossil fuel giants.”Protesters in central London after the Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead
Tessa Khan, executive director and founder of Uplift, an organisation at the forefront of the Rosebank protest movement, said that a legal challenge is being prepared challenge the approval.
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