'Climate chaos': Christian leaders urge Prime Minister to stop Rosebank oil field

Cecilia Keating
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Project will not provide energy security or create jobs 'fit for the future we need', bishops and archbishops warn PM

Hundreds of Christian leaders from across the UK have accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of prioritising the interests of the oil and gas industry over workers and communities, as they called on him to...

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