Rosemary Harris

Dale Vince’s latest bright idea — giving even more subsidies to oil and gas giants and "optimising" production — is about as sensible as his plan to mass produce gas from grass.
Let's discuss!

P&O Cruises and Cunard threaten to fire and rehire more than 900 UK staff Cruise firms could dismiss crew unless they accept salary cuts and flexible working arrangements

www.theguardian.com/business/202... 🫤🫤 not really any better sadly, had a massive fire and rehire in 2022 as well. Betting and crypto were particularly shit for sure.

We are witnessing an historic and dangerous escalation in the UK Government’s attack on the right to protest.

Oil Change International urges the UK Government to stop their draconian efforts to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

Read more ▶️ oilchange.org/news/stateme...

P&O Cruises becomes Official Front-of-Shirt Partner | News | Southampton FC Following a successful year as our Official Sleeve Partner and the Title Partner of Saints Foundation, P&O Cruises will now take pride of place on the front of the Men’s First Team’s shirts.

Disappointing to see my club become the scab team. And I thought they had disappointed me the most they could with last season's performance #saintsfc #championship
www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/arti...

Google battling ‘fox infestation’ on roof of £1bn London office Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquarters

Comrade Foxes www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters Faction influencing No 10 says government should legislate against DEI in hiring, sentencing and ‘wherever else’

Funny, I think we should root out Blue Labour, but we can't always get what we want can we
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’ve got just the thing for that £1.9bn…

Tony Blair is also a war criminal who illegally invaded Iraq after misleading parliament and the public so, not my preferred expert on climate issues

UK Government Gives Green Light to Expensive, Unproven and Harmful Hynet CCS Project While Hosting IEA summit on Energy Security - Oil Change International Today, while simultaneously hosting the International Energy Agency’s Summit on the Future of Energy Security, the UK government will apparently announce its final go-ahead to the HyNet project…

At the @iea.org Summit, the @ukgovernment.bsky.social greenlights the harmful HyNet CCS project.

CCS is an expensive failed technology with a 50-year record of hot air & hype. This project will do next to nothing for climate, jobs, #EnergySecurity, or people’s wallets.
oilchange.org/news/uk-gove...

1/ 🚨Important debate today in @ukparliament.parliament.uk about support for oil and gas workers in the transition away from fossil fuels! Here's a 🧵on what happened and what's needed:
First, @kirstysnp.bsky.social set the scene for the urgency of transition planning and funding NOW for our workers.

Also Rosebank?! (3/3)

We haven't won yet:

- The licensing ban isn't government policy yet, it's in a consultation
- The proposed licensing ban doesn't go far enough to prevent us blowing our fair share
- The use of "we" isn't movement generous given how many activists and campaigners not in JSO that have worked on this

Just Stop Oil to ‘hang up the hi-vis’ after three years of climate action Final gathering in April will mark end of street protests although campaign to continue ‘in courts and prisons’

I've not been into the a lot of the NGO movement bashing on JSO, and think they've played an incredibly important part of getting us to where we are. But this statement is both shit comms and shit strategy.

(1/🧵)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Statement of Solidarity with Palestine in Light of Israel’s Deadly Airstrikes on Gaza Israel has killed more than 400 Palestinian people in the deadliest 24 hours in the Gaza strip since 2023, in violation of its own ceasefire agreement. Oil Change International expresses deep…

Israel has killed 400+ Palestinians in the deadliest 24 hrs in Gaza since 2023, violating its own ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu, his US allies, & the oil companies fueling this genocide have blood on their hands. The genocide in Palestine must end today. bit.ly/3FQKIuX

Oil Change responds to the UK’s Conservative Party’s Major Reversal on Climate Action In response to the Opposition Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch’s plans to scrap the party’s commitment to net zero by 2050, Rosemary Harris, Senior North Sea Campaigner at Oil Change…

"At a time when climate leadership is popular among voters and essential for keeping below 1.5C, it is a stunning move from the leader of the Conservative Party that only recently was touting its climate credentials on the international stage.”
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...

I don't agree with a lot of the detail in the CCCs report, but this is just an obnoxiously bad take that front-loads the "personal responsibility" narrative above all the actual clear suggestions for funded government action within the report

UK urged to act now on net zero – and skip two kebabs’ worth of meat a week Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050

The CCC: Here's a detailed report on a pathway to net zero, urging the govt to act quicker and invest more

The Guardian: YoU HAVe To sTOp EatiNG KeBAbs

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

four people sitting at a desk on a panel discussion event

Huge thanks to everyone who attended our Scottish Labour Conference event today exposing the true cost of carbon capture.

Well done to our experts @rharris92.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social + Rich @carbontracker.bsky.social for their valuable insights and experience.

#ScotLab25

🌹 Join our Scottish Labour Conference event!

🏭 We'll discuss the huge costs of Carbon Capture + climate risks of new gas at Peterhead

🗣️ Speakers: @rharris92.bsky.social of @oilchange.bsky.social
Rich Collett-White of @carbontracker.bsky.social
Alex Lee from our team

🥐 + Breakfast
#ScotLab25

Trump’s plan to drive two million Palestinians out of Gaza so that the US can “take ownership” is a call for ethnic cleansing.

Our government must call it what it is and speak out against it.

PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments

Unfathomable that Starmer and Reeves are even considering this.

Consistently demonstrating the wrong instincts, unable to look at realities staring them in the face.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit President’s plan, which critics said was ‘ethnic cleansing by another name’, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries

This is ethnic cleansing and if the UK government can’t find it within themselves to say so then there’s really no point in them www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

New Zealand plans to barely cut emissions between 2030 and 2035 The New Zealand government aims to reduce emissions by 51-55% between 2005 and 2035, a 1% rise that some activists call "pathetic"

🇳🇿 The government of New Zealand has been labelled a “disgrace” after it released a new climate plan that barely requires it to reduce emissions between 2030 and 2035.

🗣 @oilchange.bsky.social's @rharris92.bsky.social said it was “retreating on ambition and shirking responsibility.”

Keir Starmer previously congratulated climate campaigners after Heathrow expansion was ruled illegal, saying "there is no more important challenge than the climate emergency"

Now his government says expansion is "badly needed"

New oil is over, pass it on

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.

Rosebank oilfield decision ruled unlawful by Edinburgh court Court of session said UK government go-ahead for Rosebank and Jackdaw permits did not take into account carbon emissions

Breaking: Uplift welcomes a very sensible decision from the Court of Session invalidating the decision to approve the Rosebank oil field. Rosebank is a disaster for the climate & will do next to nothing to create the prosperity & stability that the UK needs.
🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves confirms government backing for Heathrow third runway In economic growth speech, chancellor says move would make UK ‘world’s best-connected place to do business’

Incredibly disappointing to see the govt burn down their green plans on the alter of unsustainable economic growth.

Airport expansion will wipe out any carbon savings from their Clean Power Plan within 5 years, with no clear economic benefit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Miliband’s £22bn carbon capture spree is a waste of money, warns Octopus boss Greg Jackson questions rationale of Energy Secretary’s policies amid concerns over consumer benefits

Punchy stuff from @octopus.energy on the UK's £22bn investment in CCUS - saying it would be better spent on renewables. “Some of the stuff we’re doing is the equivalent of trying to defend the abacus industry once calculators had been invented." www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

It's not a great look for a government promising a green agenda. But hey, at least we can "grow" our way out of climate breakdown.