Greens respond to Cambo statement

Responding to the statement from Cambo developer Siccar that it is ‘pausing’ plans to develop the vast new oil field, Scottish Greens climate spokesperson Mark Ruskell said:

“It should not come as a surprise that Cambo is looking increasingly unlikely, after Shell withdrew from this reckless proposal. We already have far more fossil fuel than we can afford to burn, and the public recognise that to expand further would end any hope of addressing the climate emergency.

“The path to net zero lies not in vast amounts of continued subsidy for an oil and gas industry that is already cutting jobs, but investing in stable jobs in industries like renewable energy, such as the new facility at Nigg. So while the Tories have been scaremongering, Greens in government have established a transition fund for the North East and Moray to do exactly that.”