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Closing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields is a net zero own goal

Climate activists demonstrate against the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields (Credit: Getty images0
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Iain Macwhirter

Iain Macwhirter is a former BBC TV presenter and was political commentator for The Herald between 1999 and 2022. He is an author of Road to Referendum and Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won a Referendum but Lost Scotland.

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