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In the next months, the UK government will decide whether to approve the country’s biggest undeveloped oil field, Rosebank. To stop it, we need to shift public opinion. The far right and fossil fuel lobby have been flooding the media with lies and climate scepticism for far too long. And terrifyingly, it’s working. Their dangerous agenda is reaching our friends, families and neighbours. It’s shaping the public conversation and fuelling new drilling.
And here’s the good news: we have something they don’t. The truth. And real stories from our communities. Local voices and real stories can cut through where facts alone don’t.
When you connect the truth about Rosebank to what people are already feeling - high bills, extreme weather, political neglect - it cuts through. We need to reach beyond the usual audiences, even those who have not heard about Rosebank before.
This guide will walk you through how to get a story into your local paper and help build the public case we need to stop Rosebank. August and September will be a key moment to get stories into local papers and build public pressure ahead of the government’s final decision.
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Find your local publications
Look up newspapers, magazines, or news websites that cover your area. Some examples:
Letter to editor