We find ourselves at a historic moment for energy and the health of UK seas.

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On Wednesday, the King introduced the government’s flagship Energy Independence Bill to Parliament. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the UK to protect our seas from big oil pollution and secure a cleaner, greener, cheaper, and more secure energy future for us all.

The bill will essentially end new oil and gas exploration in UK seas. And rightfully so. Chasing after the dwindling, hard-to-reach, and environmentally dangerous North Sea oil reserves makes no sense.

Even the executive director of the International Energy Association, Fatih Birol, recently went on record saying that the UK shouldn’t go ahead with most North Sea oil expansion.

It wouldn’t lower bills or secure energy supplies; it would just risk more ocean pollution and catastrophic harm to marine wildlife for the sake of appeasing Big Oil Billionaires and their mates.

The oil industry might not like to hear this truth, but the evidence is weighted against them. The UK........

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