Oil: Shell to reconsider Cambo

Commenting on reports that Shell may be reconsidering its decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield development, Friends of the Earth energy campaigner, Danny Gross, said:

“Developing the Cambo oilfield would do nothing to reduce soaring fuel bills. And as 80% of the oil extracted in the UK is exported, it wouldn’t meaningfully improve our energy security either.

“The energy crisis highlights the need to reduce our reliance on increasingly expensive gas and oil that are also wrecking our climate.

“Greater investment in the UK’s cheap, homegrown renewables must be the top priority, along with a nationwide insulation programme to cut energy waste and drive down bills.”