Why Ed Miliband's issues with Rosebank and North Sea drilling will worsen

Environmental groups Uplift and Greenpeace seek to revoke licence given by previous government approving oil and gas drilling in Jackdaw and Rosebank both of which are oil fields in the North Sea .

Case could see Labour government keen to be both business friendly and following renewed pledges at Cop29 environmentally conscious, trapped in a bind.

The optics of proceeding with Rosebank and Jackdaw are not good.

Going ahead with them could be bad for climate policy.

Analysis suggests that emissions from Rosebank ’s operations (not counting its downstream output) would contribute to pushing Britain 's oil and gas industry beyond its legally binding targets by around 10% .