James Cook

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Scotland Editor, BBC News Occasional presenter of Newscast Ex North America Correspondent

The Jackdaw oil platform towers 40m above the ground at the Aker fabrication yard in Verdal, Norway. A giant red and white crane frames the platform which is dominated by an aluminium helipad below which juts an orange lifeboat. Vehicles and workers in the yard below the structure look tiny, giving a sense of the scale of the project on which Shell says it has so far spent £800m.
Climate activists holding a pink and red banner made of handmade roses reading Stop Rosebank demonstrate against oil and gas developments outside the Court of Session on November 12, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland ahead of a hearing on the environmental impact of the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields.(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)