THE Rosebank decision is the most consequential one Rishi Sunak will make as Prime Minister.
Giving Rosebank the go-ahead was the worst possible choice at the worst possible time. At 500 million barrels, it will be catastrophic for our climate and our net-zero ambitions.
None of this will be news to anyone on the Tory benches. They are just as aware of the threats as anyone else. They have seen the exact same images of wildfires and floods as we have. It’s not a “climate wait and see” that we’re in – it’s an emergency.
I have seen the massive potential that is being squandered. Before I was elected to the Scottish Parliament, I was a project manager in thesector, where I had the privilege of working with some of the best and most skilled engineers anywhere in the world. It’s that sense of excitement, that feeling of making a positive contribution to our world and our future, that so many more people will be able to experience if we are able to get a just transition worthy of their incredible skills and talent.
That is what we are doing in Scotland, where we are growing our renewables sector and have just announced a groundbreaking new deal with industry to deliver more wind farms and benefit communities, boost theIt means that the average time for applications for large wind farms will be cut in half. This is the vital work that risks being undone by Sunak’s climate vandalism.
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