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Climate change activists storm UK Government building and lie down at entrance in protest over Scots oil field

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oil development. Around 12 protestors from the Stop Cambo group sat in the entrance and held signs at the new UK Government hub in Edinburgh - Queen Elizabeth House.

They were drawn to the Sibbald Walk property amid the expected approval of the new Cambo oil field in the North Sea. With signs like 'more green jobs' the activists are demanding Prime Minister Boris Johnston pulls the plug on the venture off the coast of the Shetlands.The new field, which is 30% owned by Shell and 70% by private equity firm Siccar Point Energy, contains over 800 million barrels of oil.Stop Cambo claim that in its first phase, the project expects to extract 150-170 million barrels- which they say would create emissions equivalent to operating 16-18 coal-fired.

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