January 30, 2025
A win for the ocean and the world. #StoppedRosebank
Today, a judge in Edinburgh has upheld a legal challenge by Greenpeace and Uplift against the decision to grant consent to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
This historic moment marks the start of a new path to clean energy and clean seas and the end of lying to ourselves about the reality of the climate crisis and the deep harm to the ocean perpetrated by Big Oil.
Extreme marine heatwaves, destructive overfishing, and a toxic cocktail of pollutants are already ripping the heart out of UK seas, blighting our internationally important wildlife, from seabirds to seals. A major oil spill from Rosebank could have devastated no less than sixteen UK marine protected areas.
The government must now ensure that such environmental vandalism is a thing of the past. Forcing more extraction and destruction through the back door via sloppy assessments and an failure to consider the true damage to our ocean and climate is no longer an option.
Oceana UK will soon be challenging more unlawful decisions in the courts. A full 31 fossil fuel exploration licences were unlawfully granted in May 2024, we believe. The government at the time wilfully ignored expert advice from its own advisors and failed to account for the disastrous impacts of oil spills and the climate crisis on our ocean. No more. Time is up.
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