Stop seismic prospecting for fossil fuels in the Irish Sea.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Eni Ltd UK's Environmental Impact Assessment justification report states their intention to prospect for oil on June 1st. Surveys carried out only a decade ago concluded that there are no viable oil reserves. The habitat of dolphins and porpoises will be seriously harmed at this time of the year.

The government has signed up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but it hands out financial incentives of £1billion a year to oil companies specifically for the purpose of exploring for more oil. We have 20billion barrels of oil in the North Sea which we are legally bound to extract.
We cannot burn even a fraction of all we could extract without facing extinction.
The government must change its mindset on oil investment and put that money into renewables.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because Eni Ltd UK has suspended its application. We are therefore not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

Timeline

20 May 2019	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jun 2019

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