Jackdaw North Sea gasfield to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaigners
Source: The Guardian ·
Move signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea industry but threatens to undermine Labour’s green credentialsThe Jackdaw gasfield will be given the go-ahead on Wednesday, in a move that signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea fossil fuel industry but threatens to trigger a row with climate campaigners and Labour MPs.Miatta Fahnbulleh and John Healey, , the energy secretary…
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The Jackdaw gasfield will be given the go-ahead on Wednesday, in a move that signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea fossil fuel industry but threatens to trigger a row with climate campaigners and Labour MPs. Miatta Fahnbulleh and John Healey, , the energy secretary and chancellor respectively, will make the announcement from Aberdeen on Wednesday morning after more than a year of deliberations over whether doing so would violate the UK’s climate commitments. The approval for drilling at one of the biggest undeveloped fields in the declining North Sea basin is a big boost for Britain’s oil and gas industry – and especially for Shell and the Norwegian company Equinor, which operate it. But it will be met with outrage from climate campaigners, who say it undermines Labour’s green credentials and will exacerbate the climate crisis. Tessa Khan, the executive director of the anti-oil campaign group Uplift, said: “Jackdaw will provide around just 2% of our gas demand for…