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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨 BREAKING: The Cure, Massive Attack, Lola Young, Paloma Faith, Brian Eno and over 100 other musicians have added their voice urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stop the huge Rosebank oil field.

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Jul 30

Trump’s Scotland visit wasn’t just about golf. His call to "Get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil" is an attempt to meddle in our energy transition.

We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Jun 23

Another day, another story from the oil & gas industry that's all spin. The latest claim is there's an extra 3.5-ish bn barrels of O&G there for the taking in the North Sea, which would generate huge riches for the UK. Except the underlying analysis confirms this is "beyond realistic assumptions"
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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Jun 19

The UK gov has just published new guidance for environmental impact assessments for oil & gas projects. Despite reports/industry spin, it includes a genuinely robust, credible approach to assessing the emissions caused by burning oil & gas. Let's take a look! 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...

Rosebank & Jackdaw fields face 'tightened' approval process

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that firms must account for emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels.

www.heraldscotland.com

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greener magazine @ktenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 7

@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social tells #earthfest:

“The UK has been through harrowing austerity: 6m households in energy poverty. Yet Equinor has made record profits. Oil and gas is making the obscenely rich obscenely richer - at the expense of everyone else”

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Apr 24

1 MILLION PEOPLE signed this petition calling on the UK government to stop new oil and gas. That's a pretty huge deal.

Humbled to bring your voices to no. 10.

#StopRosebank

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Apr 24

Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Feb 11

thanks for the chat!

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · Feb 7

Ronnie Barbour interviews Lauren MacDonald from Uplift and Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife about the Rosebank oilfield

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Rosebank no more?

Ronnie Barbour interviews Lauren MacDonald from Uplift and Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife about the Rosebank oilfield

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Feb 3

Good to see opposition to Rosebank growing, in addition to the broad group that already sees through the arguments of profiteering oil & gas giants (more on that ⬇️).
But the arguments against this field are about so much more than carbon emissions:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We’d go absolutely nuts’: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield

Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development

www.theguardian.com

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Jan 30

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.

The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.

This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Jan 22

BREAKING 🚨 : over 400,000 signatures and counting, calling on UK Gov to STOP new oil drilling and SPEED UP a just transition to cheaper cleaner energy.

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 22

Oil giants know the cost of their actions, but they keep relentlessly pushing for more oil and gas.

So it’s up to us to stand in the way, to hold governments accountable to standing in their way, and to take it to the courts where needed to stop disastrous projects like Rosebank once and for all.

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Nov 20

The number of jobs the North Sea supports has already halved in the last decade, despite hundreds of new fossil fuel licences in that period.

Anna Carthy joined us on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast - subscribe on all good podcast platforms!

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Nov 20

New platform, same fight ✊

We're going to stop the Rosebank oil field and all new fossil fuel projects ❌🛢

In 2021, we successfully stopped the Cambo oil field by making Shell pull out of the project. We can do it again.

Find out more about #StopRosebank: stopcambo.org.uk/act

Join the fight to #StopRosebank

The biggest oil field deserves the biggest fight. Together we can #StopRosebank.

stopcambo.org.uk

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 20

Aw bless you Josh 🥹❤️

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 19

Every single fraction of a degree of warming that we stop is countless lives saved. It will always be worth it.

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 19

ur the coolest!

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 19

this is a really brilliant opportunity, Scottish spokespeople!

Molly Fleming @mollyfleming.bsky.social · Nov 19

👋 Using my first post to find some great Scotland-based spokespeople for our training in Jan!

Are you a progressive voice working in Scotland? Do you want to use TV and radio to push for change and amplify your message?

Apply for the SPN! More info↓
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/work/support...

Spokesperson Network | NEON

The Spokesperson Network trains and supports people to speak on television and radio. We are substantially boosting the number of progressive, diverse voices in this space to challenge pervasive narra...

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Transit Magasin @transitmagasin.bsky.social · May 15

Utenlandske investorer ber Equinor om å operere i tråd med Parisavtalen. WWF og Greenpeace er aksjonærer i selskapet og reagerer på at staten ikke støtter kritikken. – Vi er ferdige med å be Equinor ta til fornuft, sier Lauren MacDonald fra Skottland.
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/14/e...

Equinor presset av utenlandske investorer på generalforsamlingen. Også internasjonale aktivister er på plass i Stavanger

Tirsdag avholdt Equinor sin årlige generalforsamling i Stavanger. Aksjonærene Sarasin & Partners LLP, Kapitalforeningen Sampension Invest, West Yorkshire Pension Fund og Achmea Investment Management f...

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Skotia @theskotia.bsky.social · Nov 12

“Today, we are on the precipice of a massive victory for the climate,” says Lauren MacDonald ahead of StopCambo’s Edinburgh court case against the Rosebank oilfield.

NEW OIL FIELD IN THE DOCK | Lauren MacDonald

YouTube video by Skotia

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Terje Karlsen @terjekarlsen.no · May 25

En tale fra den skotske klimaaktivisten Lauren MacDonald har blitt sett over 3 millioner ganger i sosiale medier. Talen ble holdt under Equinors generalforsamling.

www.transitmag.no/2024/05/24/e...

Equinor-kritisk tale går viralt - nå over 3 millioner visninger

Lauren MacDonald deltok på Equinors generalforsamling sammen med andre kritiske røster fra Shetland, Argentina og Canada. I talen ble Equinor holdt ansvarlig for å kjenne klimavitenskapen like godt so...

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Rune Woldsnes @woldsnews.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hundreds of people at Stop Rosebank rally in Edinburgh tonight. Lawsuit between Equinor and Uplift starts tomorrow.

Stop Rosebank panel disussion in Edinburgh showing a full hall of attendees

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 19

Grateful to be a part of the NEON spokesperson network ☺️🙏🏼

Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · Nov 18

A bunch of different NGOs, think tanks and grassroots groups that we work with across many different sectors through our Progressive Comms Network go.bsky.app/6BxTKDJ

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Lauren MacDonald @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social · Nov 18

It was actually a LinkedIn post from you, directly after the 28 slurs, that pushed me over the edge. Thank you for leading the charge!!

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