Andrew Dames, Chartered Engineer, Quaker, father of four: my commitment to a "no new oil" 700 mile pilgrimage.

Andrew is walking 700 miles from Shetland to London to call for an end to new North Sea oil and gas licences — starting with Rosebank, the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.

🌍 Rosebank is a climate disaster:

• Rosebank alone would produce more CO₂ than the 28 poorest countries combined in a year.
• It won’t lower our bills, save jobs, or provide secure energy.

💸 A bad deal for the UK:

• Taxpayers would cover 84% of the development costs.
• Norwegian oil giant Equinor would receive billions in UK tax breaks.
• Some profits could flow to a company linked to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine.

🐬 Our seas at risk:

• Rosebank’s pipeline would cut straight through a marine protected area.

📅 Andrew’s final day

Join Andrew on his final day, Saturday 13th September, 3pm London Supreme Court, for a vigil upholding this court's landmark tertiary emissions ruling.

He is walking a pilgrimage of 700 miles from Esha Ness in Shetland to the UK Supreme Court in London, to uphold this court's ruling that tertiary emissions (those from actually burning the oil and gas) must be taken into account when giving planning consent. On the back of this, courts in London and Edinburgh have ruled new coalmines and oilfields unlawful.

It is time to end the North Sea oil and gas production, not give more tax breaks to foreign owned companies to scrape out the final dregs from some of the most challenging seas in the world.

We should focus on providing affordable renewable energy, and inspire other countries to also move away from fossil fuel.

Both fossil fuels and renewables provide warm homes and good jobs now, one causes climate chaos, the other gives us and our children a future.

89% people want more action to protect the environment and mining fossil fuels makes very little money, it makes even less than the BBC spends each year.  There is no benefit to the UK to drill more oil and gas.

To join Andrew on his final day of the pilgrimage on 13th September email [email protected] for meeting points to join the walk.