Eco-mob invade main London bridge throughout rush hour leaving visitors in chaos

Activists have sparked journey chaos in London at this time (September 4) after invading Westminster Bridge at rush hour to mild flares and unfurl a banner.

The protesters are calling for an finish to the additional growth of the Rosebank oil field within the North Sea.

Their motion comes on the identical day MPs return to Parliament after the summer season recess.

Fossil Free London activists unfurled the 15 metre banner and set off pink smoke flares on one of many foremost routes over the River Thames on Monday.

Joanna Warrington, a spokeswoman for the group, stated: “Rishi Sunak wants to give billions of pounds of public money to a giant oil company in exchange for the climate time bomb, which will do absolutely nothing to lower our energy bills. It’s reckless and absurd.

“People need clear, low-cost renewable vitality, however the authorities is on autopilot, handing cash to their oily pals.

“Yet again, they are prioritising fossil fuel industry profits over a future safe from climate breakdown. We need to stop Rosebank and drive oily money out of our politics.”

The Rosebank discipline is within the Faroe-Shetland Channel about 80 miles (130km) north-west of Shetland, in depths of about 1,100m.

It could be developed in two phases with the primary involving the drilling of 4 manufacturing and three water injection wells. Phase two, which depends upon the success of the primary part, entails drilling as much as an additional three manufacturing and two water injection wells.

Under the plans, underwater set up will begin subsequent yr with the drilling of wells starting in 2025 and persevering with into the third quarter of 2026.

But the scheme has met resistance on the strees of the capital and amongst a cross-party group of fifty MPs and friends who wrote to then Energy Secretary Grant Shapps in the summertime to dam the drilling.

The Government has stated it would concern a whole bunch of latest licences for oil and gasoline exploration within the North Sea with a choice by regulators about Rosebank anticipated quickly.

Critics say the sector will obtain £3.75billion of tax breaks from the general public purse and burning oil from Rosebank will produce a stage of emissions equal to the 28 lowest earnings nations mixed.

Fossil Free London says its Westminster Bridge stunt is a part of an extended marketing campaign towards the oil trade, culminating in three days’ price of motion.

The Rosebank website is owned by Norwegian state-backed oil large Equinor.

Mr Sunak defended his resolution to concern new exploration licences, arguing the selections shall be made within the regular manner and Britain will want the vitality it produces.

He stated: “But what I’d say is that – entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero – that we use the energy that we’ve got here at home because we’re going to need it for decades.”