BREAKING: Greenpeace releases footage of activists covering Rishi Sunak's £2m mansion in oil-black fabric after climbing on to the roof of the property in Yorkshire. More here 👉Live updates 👉 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
Greenpeace has said it is also carrying out its protest because Mr Sunak has indicated he will approve drilling at Rosebank - the UK's largest undeveloped oil field.
The group says the move"flies in the face of multiple warnings from the government's own climate advisers, the International Energy Agency and the UN secretary general that any new fossil fuel projects risk tipping the world into the danger zone above 1.5C of warming". Campaigners have warned against Mr Sunak's plans to grant the licences for extraction in the North Sea amid concerns it will hinder efforts to reach net zero by 2050.Commenting after this morning's protest, Philip Evans, a Greenpeace UK climate campaigner, said:"We desperately need our prime minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist.
"Sunak is even willing to peddle the old myth about new oil and gas helping ordinary people struggling with energy bills when he knows full well it's not true. More North Sea drilling will only benefit oil giants who stand to make even more billions from it, partly thanks to a giant loophole in Sunak's own windfall tax."
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