School kids set for climate walkout protest against Scottish oil fields today

Young climate strikers are to hold a major march in Edinburgh to demonstrate against the fossil fuels industry

Activists will walk out of schools to demonstrate in Edinburgh against controversial developments planned at Rosebank and Jackdaw in the North Sea.

Tory ministers are expected to decide whether to green-light Rosebank, 80 miles off Shetland, in the coming months. It’s the largest undeveloped oil field in the North Sea - and could yield more than 300 million barrels. Adam Ballard, a 17-year-old activist with Fridays For Future, said: “The climate crisis and the cost of living crisis have the same root cause: the refusal to move away from fossil fuels.

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