Lauren MacDonald
@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social
campaigning against new fossil fuels @StopCambo.bsky.social
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🚨 BREAKING: The Cure, Massive Attack, Lola Young, Paloma Faith, Brian Eno and over 100 other musicians have added their voice urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stop the huge Rosebank oil field.
August 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The Cure, Massive Attack, Lola Young, Paloma Faith, Brian Eno and over 100 other musicians have added their voice urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stop the huge Rosebank oil field.
Trump’s Scotland visit wasn’t just about golf. His call to "Get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil" is an attempt to meddle in our energy transition.
We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.
@jeremyvine.bsky.social
We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.
@jeremyvine.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump’s Scotland visit wasn’t just about golf. His call to "Get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil" is an attempt to meddle in our energy transition.
We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.
@jeremyvine.bsky.social
We have abundant wind resources which can provide us with energy security, lower bills, and good jobs.
@jeremyvine.bsky.social
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Another day, another story from the oil & gas industry that's all spin. The latest claim is there's an extra 3.5-ish bn barrels of O&G there for the taking in the North Sea, which would generate huge riches for the UK. Except the underlying analysis confirms this is "beyond realistic assumptions"
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June 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Another day, another story from the oil & gas industry that's all spin. The latest claim is there's an extra 3.5-ish bn barrels of O&G there for the taking in the North Sea, which would generate huge riches for the UK. Except the underlying analysis confirms this is "beyond realistic assumptions"
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The UK gov has just published new guidance for environmental impact assessments for oil & gas projects. Despite reports/industry spin, it includes a genuinely robust, credible approach to assessing the emissions caused by burning oil & gas. Let's take a look! 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...
Rosebank & Jackdaw fields face 'tightened' approval process
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that firms must account for emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels.
www.heraldscotland.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The UK gov has just published new guidance for environmental impact assessments for oil & gas projects. Despite reports/industry spin, it includes a genuinely robust, credible approach to assessing the emissions caused by burning oil & gas. Let's take a look! 🧵
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...
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@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social tells #earthfest:
“The UK has been through harrowing austerity: 6m households in energy poverty. Yet Equinor has made record profits. Oil and gas is making the obscenely rich obscenely richer - at the expense of everyone else”
“The UK has been through harrowing austerity: 6m households in energy poverty. Yet Equinor has made record profits. Oil and gas is making the obscenely rich obscenely richer - at the expense of everyone else”
June 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social tells #earthfest:
“The UK has been through harrowing austerity: 6m households in energy poverty. Yet Equinor has made record profits. Oil and gas is making the obscenely rich obscenely richer - at the expense of everyone else”
“The UK has been through harrowing austerity: 6m households in energy poverty. Yet Equinor has made record profits. Oil and gas is making the obscenely rich obscenely richer - at the expense of everyone else”
1 MILLION PEOPLE signed this petition calling on the UK government to stop new oil and gas. That's a pretty huge deal.
Humbled to bring your voices to no. 10.
#StopRosebank
Humbled to bring your voices to no. 10.
#StopRosebank
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
1 MILLION PEOPLE signed this petition calling on the UK government to stop new oil and gas. That's a pretty huge deal.
Humbled to bring your voices to no. 10.
#StopRosebank
Humbled to bring your voices to no. 10.
#StopRosebank
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Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:
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Ronnie Barbour interviews Lauren MacDonald from Uplift and Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife about the Rosebank oilfield
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@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social
@markruskell.bsky.social
@ronniebarbour.bsky.social
@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social
@markruskell.bsky.social
Rosebank no more?
Ronnie Barbour interviews Lauren MacDonald from Uplift and Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife about the Rosebank oilfield
bylines.scot
February 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ronnie Barbour interviews Lauren MacDonald from Uplift and Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife about the Rosebank oilfield
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@laurenthesunflower.bsky.social
@markruskell.bsky.social
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Good to see opposition to Rosebank growing, in addition to the broad group that already sees through the arguments of profiteering oil & gas giants (more on that ⬇️).
But the arguments against this field are about so much more than carbon emissions:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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But the arguments against this field are about so much more than carbon emissions:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We’d go absolutely nuts’: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield
Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Good to see opposition to Rosebank growing, in addition to the broad group that already sees through the arguments of profiteering oil & gas giants (more on that ⬇️).
But the arguments against this field are about so much more than carbon emissions:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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But the arguments against this field are about so much more than carbon emissions:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
January 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.
This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
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BREAKING 🚨 : over 400,000 signatures and counting, calling on UK Gov to STOP new oil drilling and SPEED UP a just transition to cheaper cleaner energy.
January 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
BREAKING 🚨 : over 400,000 signatures and counting, calling on UK Gov to STOP new oil drilling and SPEED UP a just transition to cheaper cleaner energy.
Oil giants know the cost of their actions, but they keep relentlessly pushing for more oil and gas.
So it’s up to us to stand in the way, to hold governments accountable to standing in their way, and to take it to the courts where needed to stop disastrous projects like Rosebank once and for all.
So it’s up to us to stand in the way, to hold governments accountable to standing in their way, and to take it to the courts where needed to stop disastrous projects like Rosebank once and for all.
November 22, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Oil giants know the cost of their actions, but they keep relentlessly pushing for more oil and gas.
So it’s up to us to stand in the way, to hold governments accountable to standing in their way, and to take it to the courts where needed to stop disastrous projects like Rosebank once and for all.
So it’s up to us to stand in the way, to hold governments accountable to standing in their way, and to take it to the courts where needed to stop disastrous projects like Rosebank once and for all.
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The number of jobs the North Sea supports has already halved in the last decade, despite hundreds of new fossil fuel licences in that period.
Anna Carthy joined us on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast - subscribe on all good podcast platforms!
Anna Carthy joined us on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast - subscribe on all good podcast platforms!
November 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM
The number of jobs the North Sea supports has already halved in the last decade, despite hundreds of new fossil fuel licences in that period.
Anna Carthy joined us on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast - subscribe on all good podcast platforms!
Anna Carthy joined us on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast - subscribe on all good podcast platforms!
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New platform, same fight ✊
We're going to stop the Rosebank oil field and all new fossil fuel projects ❌🛢
In 2021, we successfully stopped the Cambo oil field by making Shell pull out of the project. We can do it again.
Find out more about #StopRosebank: stopcambo.org.uk/act
We're going to stop the Rosebank oil field and all new fossil fuel projects ❌🛢
In 2021, we successfully stopped the Cambo oil field by making Shell pull out of the project. We can do it again.
Find out more about #StopRosebank: stopcambo.org.uk/act
Join the fight to #StopRosebank
The biggest oil field deserves the biggest fight. Together we can #StopRosebank.
stopcambo.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
New platform, same fight ✊
We're going to stop the Rosebank oil field and all new fossil fuel projects ❌🛢
In 2021, we successfully stopped the Cambo oil field by making Shell pull out of the project. We can do it again.
Find out more about #StopRosebank: stopcambo.org.uk/act
We're going to stop the Rosebank oil field and all new fossil fuel projects ❌🛢
In 2021, we successfully stopped the Cambo oil field by making Shell pull out of the project. We can do it again.
Find out more about #StopRosebank: stopcambo.org.uk/act
Every single fraction of a degree of warming that we stop is countless lives saved. It will always be worth it.
November 19, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Every single fraction of a degree of warming that we stop is countless lives saved. It will always be worth it.
this is a really brilliant opportunity, Scottish spokespeople!
👋 Using my first post to find some great Scotland-based spokespeople for our training in Jan!
Are you a progressive voice working in Scotland? Do you want to use TV and radio to push for change and amplify your message?
Apply for the SPN! More info↓
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/work/support...
Are you a progressive voice working in Scotland? Do you want to use TV and radio to push for change and amplify your message?
Apply for the SPN! More info↓
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/work/support...
Spokesperson Network | NEON
The Spokesperson Network trains and supports people to speak on television and radio. We are substantially boosting the number of progressive, diverse voices in this space to challenge pervasive narra...
www.neweconomyorganisers.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
this is a really brilliant opportunity, Scottish spokespeople!
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Utenlandske investorer ber Equinor om å operere i tråd med Parisavtalen. WWF og Greenpeace er aksjonærer i selskapet og reagerer på at staten ikke støtter kritikken. – Vi er ferdige med å be Equinor ta til fornuft, sier Lauren MacDonald fra Skottland.
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/14/e...
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/14/e...
Equinor presset av utenlandske investorer på generalforsamlingen. Også internasjonale aktivister er på plass i Stavanger
Tirsdag avholdt Equinor sin årlige generalforsamling i Stavanger. Aksjonærene Sarasin & Partners LLP, Kapitalforeningen Sampension Invest, West Yorkshire Pension Fund og Achmea Investment Management f...
www.transitmag.no
May 15, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Utenlandske investorer ber Equinor om å operere i tråd med Parisavtalen. WWF og Greenpeace er aksjonærer i selskapet og reagerer på at staten ikke støtter kritikken. – Vi er ferdige med å be Equinor ta til fornuft, sier Lauren MacDonald fra Skottland.
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/14/e...
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/14/e...
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“Today, we are on the precipice of a massive victory for the climate,” says Lauren MacDonald ahead of StopCambo’s Edinburgh court case against the Rosebank oilfield.
NEW OIL FIELD IN THE DOCK | Lauren MacDonald
YouTube video by Skotia
youtu.be
November 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
“Today, we are on the precipice of a massive victory for the climate,” says Lauren MacDonald ahead of StopCambo’s Edinburgh court case against the Rosebank oilfield.
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En tale fra den skotske klimaaktivisten Lauren MacDonald har blitt sett over 3 millioner ganger i sosiale medier. Talen ble holdt under Equinors generalforsamling.
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/24/e...
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/24/e...
Equinor-kritisk tale går viralt - nå over 3 millioner visninger
Lauren MacDonald deltok på Equinors generalforsamling sammen med andre kritiske røster fra Shetland, Argentina og Canada. I talen ble Equinor holdt ansvarlig for å kjenne klimavitenskapen like godt so...
www.transitmag.no
May 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
En tale fra den skotske klimaaktivisten Lauren MacDonald har blitt sett over 3 millioner ganger i sosiale medier. Talen ble holdt under Equinors generalforsamling.
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/24/e...
www.transitmag.no/2024/05/24/e...
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Hundreds of people at Stop Rosebank rally in Edinburgh tonight. Lawsuit between Equinor and Uplift starts tomorrow.
November 11, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Hundreds of people at Stop Rosebank rally in Edinburgh tonight. Lawsuit between Equinor and Uplift starts tomorrow.
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A bunch of different NGOs, think tanks and grassroots groups that we work with across many different sectors through our Progressive Comms Network go.bsky.app/6BxTKDJ
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Grateful to be a part of the NEON spokesperson network ☺️🙏🏼