Petition · past parliament

Decommission all fossil fuel power stations by 2023

Closed 44 signatures

What the petition asks

In light of the recent extremely dangerous heatwave, we are calling on the government to enact decarbonisation policies by decommissioning all fossil fuel power stations by the end of 2023 (with retraining for their workers) and to immediately stop granting new extraction and burning licenses.
We are in an age of climate collapse, and it is happening faster and more drastically than we had predicted. Scientists and activists have been warning us with increasing urgency for decades and yet governments continue to ignore them. The UK should be a world-leader in decarbonisation but we are failing abysmally. We demand a liveable future from our government.

Timeline

21 Jul 2022 Petition opened for signatures
4 Feb 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 44
Status Closed
Opened 21 Jul 2022
Closed 4 Feb 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.