{"id":33386,"date":"2024-05-24T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=33386"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:15:58","slug":"net-zero-threatens-jobs-and-the-safety-of-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/net-zero-threatens-jobs-and-the-safety-of-pedestrians\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Net Zero threatens jobs – and the safety of pedestrians’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The push for net zero threatens jobs and endangers pedestrian safety, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Labour and Unite are at loggerheads over North sea oil policy.\u00a0 Battles between unions and Labour governments are nothing new, but could a Starmer administration face a surprising union rebellion?<\/p>\n

In a largely under-reported move in England, the union Unite has launched the <\/b>‘No Ban Without a Plan’<\/a> campaign against Labour’s policy of refusing new oil and gas extraction licenses in the North Sea.<\/p>\n

The campaign demands that Labour suspend this policy. If successful, it would mean a future Labour government, like the Conservatives, would continue granting new licenses until it creates at least 35,000 new ‘energy transition jobs’ in Scotland, matching the current number of oil industry roles.<\/p>\n

According to Unite, the goal is to persuade a future Labour government to abandon its planned ban on new oil and gas exploration licenses in the North Sea until a genuine program for a just transition of work is in place.<\/p>\n

Reject Net Zero policies \u2192<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Britain to be held to ransom’<\/h2>\n

The General Secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham has accused Keir Starmer of following a policy which would allow Britain to \u2018be held to ransom by Saudi Arabia or other nations\u2019 and adds:<\/p>\n

‘Labour needs to pull back from this irresponsible policy. There is clearly no viable plan for the replacement of North Sea jobs or energy security\u2026 Unite will not stand by and let workers be thrown on the scrapheap. North Sea workers cannot be sacrificed on the altar of net zero’.<\/p>\n

The union believes that Labour\u2019s current plan to ban all future licences in the North Sea is premature and irresponsible, as there is currently no viable strategy for alternative commensurate green jobs for North Sea workers.<\/p>\n

Opposition to Labour’s environmental policy is often assumed to come primarily from the right, including the Conservative right and Reform. Labour typically dismisses critics of net zero measures as outdated. However, the Unite campaign shatters this assumption, revealing growing unrest among workers in the oil and gas sector. These workers are increasingly concerned about job losses and sceptical of the unfulfilled promise of ‘green jobs’ to replace those in fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

The Bible says,
Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ask us to come and speak at your church \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

The Northern sea oil deal<\/h2>\n

<\/b>The North Sea Transition Deal<\/a> is an agreement between industry and government to deliver an orderly energy transition.<\/p>\n

Through the deal, the oil and gas sector, largely based in Scotland and the North East, government and trade unions will work together over the next decade and beyond to deliver the skills, innovation and new infrastructure required to decarbonise North Sea production.<\/p>\n

The government claims that ‘Not only will the deal support existing companies to decarbonise in preparation for a net zero future by 2050, but it will also create the right business environment to attract new industrial sectors to base themselves in the UK, develop new export opportunities for British business, and secure new high-value jobs for the long-term’.<\/p>\n

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