Our partners at #StopRosebank are going to court to stop the catastrophic and enormous Rosebank oil field in the North Sea. 350.org is one of many organisations backing the case - and we're asking you to back it too.
Want to support the court case? Tell the Government, and Rosebank owners Equinor and Ithaca, that this case is also in your name:
(Note: Don't worry, this is a symbolic action and you will not be made a legal party to the case or have any financial liability)
Last September, the previous UK government approved the development of the controversial Rosebank oil field. We believe that this decision was not just a disaster for the climate, and morally and economically wrong, but unlawful.
Claims that drilling Rosebank is compatible with a safe climate don’t add up - and our partners at #StopRosebank will prove it in court.
Not just one, but two cases have been filed against so we can #StopRosebank - one led by Uplift, the other by Greenpeace UK, and both will be heard in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
The new UK government has already admitted that the decision to approve Rosebank was unlawful. This is now a straight fight between a liveable future and oil and gas industry profits - and the Government's admission makes a win likelier than ever.
The cases will argue that:
These cases are being supported by: 350.org, BankTrack, Culture Unstained, Environmental Justice Foundation, Extinction Rebellion, Friday for Future Scotland, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Fossil Free London, Fossil Free Parliament, Fuel Poverty Action, Global Witness, Green New Deal Rising, Greenpeace Norway, Grandparents Climate Campaign Norway, Laudato Si Movement, Lawyers are Responsible, MedAct, Mothers Rise Up, Oceana, Oil Change International, Parents for Future UK, Platform, Sierra Club Canada, Tipping Point, War on Want, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, World Cetacean Alliance.
