Helen Czerski

This is a horrendous decision: Rosebank, the largest untapped oilfield in UK waters, has been approved by the UK government. This comes via the regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority, which is in severe need of reform.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a podcast series about the structure and ownership of the UK oil sector, because this is essential understanding for dismantling it. It’s been eye-opening, but empowering. It’ll be out in 2-3 weeks.

#Rosebank #oil #climate

Sep 27, 2023 at 7:47amWeb
Show threadIcyBeeSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski Even more horrendous is the statement from the Labour Party that they won't undo this decision.
Show threadAlan StainerSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski The only way we are going to pull ourselves out of this dirty fossil fueled hole is with a general election.
Show threadMark BurtonSep 28, 2023
@alanstainer @helenczerski ha ha
Show threadVoronSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski You won’t fix your political problem until you follow the money. Find out who is pulling the strings. The corruptors will just corrupt the next person if you don’t go after them and elect people who specifically want to build safeguards in. The rich, in general, are not heroes. They are sociopathic causes of societies ills.
Show threadHelen CzerskiSep 27, 2023
@voron The podcast covers quite a bit of that - the history behind how we got here is pretty interesting.
Show threadVoronSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski 😊
Show threadGemma HentschSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski @harriettmb I wonder how difficult it would be to have a fishing fleet protest… to prevent drilling.
Show threadAlexSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski looking forward to hearing your podcast.
Show threadno.2.reputationSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski so the result is the british people will be taking up these jobs, drinking the fossil fuel potion?
Show threadMackajSep 27, 2023

@helenczerski

I really need to hear this because it's not obvious to me who in the UK gets to benefit financially from Rosebank and how.

Show threadjslSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski
Will that be under the "Generation One: The Climate Podcast" on e.g. Soundcloud?
(Sorry, I'm a podcast noob.)
Show threadHelen CzerskiSep 27, 2023
@jsl Nope. It’s being made by Intelligence Squared. More info should be on their website etc by Friday, I think.
Show threadjslSep 28, 2023
@helenczerski
Found the site. Many thanks, will keep an eye on it.
Show threadMike TorrSep 27, 2023
@helenczerski I saw that meme a few weeks ago, about how it's now our moral duty to illegally sabotage fossil fuel infrastructure, and I realised with some horror that it was probably literally true, in a way that even an ethics professor might agree with. Or perhaps *especially* an ethics professor...
Show threadMark BurtonSep 28, 2023
@helenczerski
"North Sea Transition Authority"
That's #Newspeak, yes ("1984").
Show threadCitizen Paul TemplemanSep 28, 2023
@helenczerski you should certainly check out the ownership of Equinor - the Nowegian company that owns the new license.
Show threadMartin WhitworthSep 28, 2023
@helenczerski Horrendous indeed. It’s consistent with the Prime Minister’s latest announcement that he’s delayed his commitment to net zero. If we eventually get there, it’ll be with a higher global temperature. We need a government that recognises climate change as an urgent priority.
Show threadBashStKidOct 12, 2023
@helenczerski
Any updated eta on your podcast?