{"id":45882,"date":"2019-11-29T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T10:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=45882"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:35:23","slug":"extinction-rebellion-pressures-uk-government-to-stop-fossil-fuel-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/extinction-rebellion-pressures-uk-government-to-stop-fossil-fuel-exploration","title":{"rendered":"Extinction Rebellion pressures UK government to stop fossil fuel exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protestors worried that more granting of license of oil and gas extraction will damage marine environment and decline the investment in the renewables.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6165-1-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Labour AM Huw Irranca Davie said that a cross-party effort should be taken to cope with climate emergency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Extinction Rebellion protested in Cardiff Bay to\npressure UK government to cease further extraction of fossil fuel in Welsh\nwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest was triggered by the publication of The Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP), which optimizes economic development by allowing offshore oil and gas exploration within Welsh waters. While the Welsh government opposes the plan, powers over granting the licenses for offshore oil and gas extraction are devolved to Westminster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are going to take the protest  to the Welsh office which is the UK government&#8217;s representation in Wales to make the point that we think there should be no further exploitation of oil,&#8221; said Glenn, a protestor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6232-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Protestors marching down to the Welsh Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The protestors initially gathered at Senedd,\nNational Assembly for Wales, singing protest folk songs in chorus. While\nholding the banners and placards themed protection of marine lives and banning\non fossil fuel extraction, the group repeated the verse like \u201cif we want a\nbetter future, we need to start right now\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politicians and campaigner delivered speeches,\nshowing their concern for the plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mick Antoniw, Welsh Labour &amp; Cooperative Assembly Member, said that UK government should take control of the economy where most corporations disregard anything to do with climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6136-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Labour AM  Mick Antoniw  said that fundamental services, like gas and electricity, should never go to the private hands. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The privatization of British Gas under Margaret Thatcher&#8217;s government in the 1980s leads the country to a competitive energy market with multiple suppliers, which cut the consumers\u2019 cost. Drilling activities are increasing to meet a plentiful market demand. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/oilandgasuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Economic-Report-2019-OGUK.pdf\">OGUK\u2019s report<\/a>, 8 exploration wells and 10 appraisal wells began drilling in the first seven months of the year \u2014 more than those drilled during the whole of 2018. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUK is going in the right direction with coal but the bad news is that we&#8217;re going in completely the opposite direction with oil and gas,\u201d said Stuart McWilliam, a climate change campaigner. \u201cBut what makes it worse is they&#8217;re using UK taxpayers\u2019 subsidies to do that (extract oil and gas).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6235-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Protestors demanded that  subsidies should go to the renewables and alternative industries to shift the UK to a decarbonized economy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The protestors also said that the plan will\ndamage the ecology and biodiversity in marine environment. \u201cWe have to get a\nbalance somehow in terms of achieving some of our right energy and so on but\nalso retaining the ecology that support our existence,\u201d said Glenn, a\nprotestor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the speeches, protestors marched down to Welsh\noffice which is the UK government&#8217;s representation in Wales. The crowd was led\nby Red Rebels, the icon commonly appeared in the demonstration of Extinction\nRebellion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6225-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Red Rebels led the crowd <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/IMG_6350-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>People demonstrated in front of the Welsh Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough the protest, we want people to feel\nempowered,\u201d said David. \u201cPeople from across West Wales, where a license has\nalready been granted, are concerned about their coastlines. By organizing a\nprotest, we are enabling their voices to be heard but also raising awareness\nthe wider public that we can take action in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople need to become informed. People have to\nunderstand there are various impact can have of different actions and then they\ncan think about what kind of action they might take,\u201d said Glenn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Red Rebels were displaying gestures in front of the Welsh Office and the chorus began again, someone shouted at the building, saying \u201cDon\u2019t be scared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1-500x707.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/infographic-1-500x707.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The protestors said that the plan will damage the ecology and biodiversity in marine environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":45891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[34],"coauthors":[697],"class_list":["post-45882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment","tag-activism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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