Resolve the energy crisis through Green energy not by fracking or oil and gas

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Resolve the energy crisis by investing in green energy; green energy comes on stream about as quickly as new oil and gas or fracking but doesn't harm the environment. It is also sustainable and lower cost. End the exploration of new oil and gas fields and fracking and back green energy instead.

Resolving our energy crisis by extracting every last drop of oil, every last whiff of gas, and by fracking will contribute to global warming. Global warming is already causing widespread problems, it would be selfish to contribute further to those.
There is no advantage to turning to oil and gas, for instance offshore wind farms can be built in about the same timescale (and in some cases faster) than new oil and gas. Green energy (on or offshore) will reduce energy prices and help the climate.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Keep The Fracking Ban: Keep The Fracking Ban

Address the Energy, Climate and Environment crisis by investing in Renewables: Address the Energy, Climate and Environment crisis by investing in Renewables

Decommission all fossil fuel power stations by 2023: Decommission all fossil fuel power stations by 2023

Set a target for 70% of UK energy to be renewable by 2030: Set a target for 70% of UK energy to be renewable by 2030

If you'd like the Government to take a specific action different to the above petitions we could accept a new petition about this, but it would need to be clear what specific actions you want the Government to take.

Timeline

9 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
13 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Oct 2022

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