Rosie Hampton is oil and gas campaigns manager at Friends of the Earth Scotland responds to a new study of over 400 North Sea oil and gas workers which shows one in four are actively seeking to leave the industry amid frustration over poor conditions and broken promises on a “just transition" to green energy.

Conducted by the social justice charityPlatform , the research found that 95% of workers believe the UK government is failing them, while 83% say the same of the Scottish government. Nearly nine in ten want oil firms forced to provide clear pathways into alternative sectors.

He she argues that the message from workers in the study is that governments need to do more to create good renewable energy jobs.

In recent weeks, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have been falling over each other to prove who is the loudest cheerleader for the oil and gas industry — calling for ‘maximum oil and gas extraction’ and blaming net zero for the North Sea’s decline – as industry lobbyists cheer from the sidelines.

It is pure political theatre – and a huge distraction from the genuine concerns of Scotland’s oil and gas workers, as expressed in a new survey. It will come as no surprise that workers’ demands are not the same as those coming from their bosses, industry lobbyists and their opportunistic political supporters.

That Scotland’s oil and gas workers are unhappy will also not be news to anyone who has been listening. The findings of the new survey of over 400 of oil and gas workers – over a........

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