Petition · past parliament
Stop the extraction proposals of Natural Gas in St.Ives, Cornwall.
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
UK Govt funded extraction of Natural Gas by Total and the St. Ives LNG company will affect the local coastline and be detrimental to the ecology of the surrounding area. The impact is incalculable and irrevocable. The lasting effects will damage the natural beauty and fragility for decades.
The extraction of natural gas will unbalance the ecology of the area, damage wildlife, damage fauna such as sea grass meadows that are vital in carbon sequestration. The loss of such habitats will cause an imbalance in the forecast ‘offsetting’ of ecological damage and also does not help the govt image and claims to be carbon neutral by 2050. The extraction, building infrastructure, storage and transportation all add to the carbon costs as well as damaging the carbon capture capability.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It appears that details of plans for natural gas extraction in St Ives, as set out in your petition, are false. You can read an article about this here: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/plans-large-gas-works-coast-4488818
Timeline
| 2 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.