On June 10th, thousands of people from across the UK and dozens of climate and oceans organisations will join a massive wave of resistance against Rosebank - the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK. Join a tidal wave of resistance to #StopRosebank and all new oil & gas.
Along the UK coast, there will be organised paddle out protests, beach parties, rallies and much more. The protest is a coming together of oceans and climate groups to #StopRosebank and demand an end to the wrecking of our planet and the trashing of our oceans. Actions are planned in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Cleethorpes, London, Oban and Shetland.
From Shetland to Falmouth, we're going to be taking to the sea and to the shores to #StopRosebank and demand an end to the wrecking of our planet and the trashing of our oceans. Now is the time to join us.
Even though there may not be a Wave of Resistance activity where you live, we’re encouraging those who can to take a photo or join in online to support the action and the fight to #StopRosebank. Here's how you can join from wherever you are:
Go to our social media and give our message a boost by engaging and sharing with one of our recent posts.
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Every MP should be publicly opposing Rosebank. Take two minutes to demand they speak out against Rosebank and all new oil & gas fields.
Take and share a photo with a #StopRosebank sign to show your support for the action and ramp up the pressure. If you live near the sea* or a beach, why not get creative and write a message in the sand. Don't forget to tab @StopCambo in your photos and your posts!
*Note that due to health and safety we’re not encouraging people to get in the water, but take their photo on the marina, shore, beach or similar.
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Rosebank is a climate & oceans disaster. The CO2 emissions from this one field alone would be greater than the annual CO2 emissions of the 28 poorest countries in the world combined. That's more carbon pollution than 700 million people in the Global South. To have a chance at limiting warming to 1.5C, we can’t have any new oil & gas fields.
Climate change is already hitting communities across the world and creating irreversible damage to our endangered ecosystems. We need to be doing what we can to protect them – the last thing we need is more oil fields and more pipelines. And it gets worse.
The Rosebank rig would be situated next to a marine protected area, home to endangered species, while the pipeline would cut right through it. A major oil spill from Rosebank could have devastating impacts on marine life and ecosystems in the UK and neighbouring countries.
Loud drilling, seismic blasting and construction at Rosebank will disturb endangered species of dolphins, whales and fish - potentially changing behavioural, migrational and living patterns.
The pipeline needed to transport (the tiny amount of) gas reserves would cut through a specially protected seabed - the Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt. It could harm this delicate ecosystem and the extraordinary creatures like sensitive deep sea sponges and clams that can live for over 500 years.
You can find more information about the Rosebank oil field here and the marine impact of oil & gas drilling in the new report, In Deep Water: Exposing the hidden impacts of oil & gas on the UK's seas.
The #WaveOfResistance is being organised by groups of climate and marine organisations including Friends of the Earth Scotland, Finisterre, Greenpeace UK, Oceana UK, Parents For Future UK, Sea Shepherd UK, Surfers Against Sewage and others.
In an act of defiance against the UK government, Rosebank's owner Equinor and Equinor's biggest shareholder, the Norwegian government, we're gathering in the thousands with one voice and demand the UK stop this field.
