"More than 400 experts on climate change have published an open letter to the leaders of the #UK’s political parties, [before] the General Election on 4 July."
"Climate change has largely been ignored by Party Leaders so far in this election campaign, demonstrating that they have failed to grasp just how much it is affecting lives and livelihoods in the UK."
"British people are worried and polling consistently shows strong support for politicians to act."
Former #BP boss calls for end to new #NorthSea drilling licences
"Lord Browne said that the UK was likely to need oil and gas “for many years to come” and should allow existing North Sea fossil fuel projects to continue.
“But beyond this, we should call a halt,” wrote the crossbench peer. "
A different way to think about whether it's worth getting oil of out of the ground:
"#Oil in the #NorthSea is expected to be net-energy negative by 2031. This means that in 2031, it’ll cost more energy to extract the fossil fuels than we would gain by using them, rendering extraction unfeasibly expensive.
Globally, it will cost more energy to extract oil than we would gain from using it before the end of the 2030s."
A telling graphic - the #US is far and away the planet's largest #oil and #gas producer, extracting and producing over 35 million barrels of oil equivlent per day (boe/d). The split is about 50/50 between oil and gas. #Russia comes in 2nd place, spewing out 20 million boe/d. They are followed by #SauidArabia (12 million boe/d, nearly all oil), then #Canada, #Iran, and #China, each outputting about 8 million boe/d. The #NorthSea comes in 7th place, a little over 6 million boe/d.
"The UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark – have failed to align their oil and gas policies with their climate promises under the Paris agreement.
Policies in #Norway and the #UK were furthest from the Paris climate agreement because the countries were “aggressively” exploring and licensing new oil and gas fields."
North Sea Oil and Gas Firms Continue Drilling Despite Climate Goals
"Instead of leading the world in a shift away from #FossilFuels to renewable alternatives, five of the world’s richest countries and proponents of a green transition continue to support oil and gas production in the #NorthSea."
Und da sie bis zu 40 Meter tief ins Wasser tauchen können, ist es leider nicht verwunderlich, dass sie immer wieder diese Plastikfischernetze finden.
White feathers on red rock
And since they can dive up to 40 meters deep in the water, it is unfortunately not surprising that they keep finding these plastic fishing nets.
A new study suggests that the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”
"It’s observational data from the South Atlantic which suggest the AMOC is on tipping course. Not the model simulation, which is just there to get a better understanding of which early warning signals work, and why."
"‘Grossly irresponsible’: #UK hands out 24 new #NorthSea#oil and #gas licences - The move to grant 17 companies the right to drill for #FossilFuels is ‘a pipe dream’ that will do little for #energy security, say #environmentalists ... The North Sea regulator said 17 oil companies, including #Shell and #BP, were granted licences in the Central North Sea, Northern North Sea and West of Shetland areas to “provide benefits to the local and wider economy”.
The latest licences, which follow an initial tranche of 27 licences offered in October last year, could begin producing oil and gas before the end of the decade, according to the North Sea Transition Authority.
The move has angered MPs and #environmental campaigners who called the move “grossly irresponsible” and accused the government of overstating the economic benefits of the North Sea and sacrificing Britain’s climate leadership for “a pipe dream”."
"The researchers outlined guidelines for governments to provide long-distance larval drifters, like #urchins and #lobsters, as well as #MigratorSpecies, like #turtles and #sharks, with protected stopovers along coastal corridors. "