新的油气项目是“再明显不过”的选择，与净零排放议程“不存在矛盾”，EDF Energy负责人如此表示。
New oil and gas projects are a “no-brainer” that pose “no contradiction” to the net zero agenda, according to the head of EDF Energy.
随着政府准备就北海的两个项目作出决定，西蒙尼·罗西也与多位可再生能源行业领袖一道，主张扩大北海的油气产量。
Simone Rossi has joined a string of renewables leaders in making the case for more North Sea production as the government prepares to decide on two projects there.
他表示，部长们应批准罗斯班克和杰克道夫油气田，同时加快对热泵和电动汽车的支持。
He said ministers should give the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields the green light, while accelerating support for heat pumps and electric vehicles.
罗西在接受英国广播公司（BBC）采访时说：“摆脱这种依赖需要几十年。因此，在这一过程中，我们应该利用现有的资源，而不是从海外进口。对我来说，这确实是再明显不过的选择。它与净零排放目标并不矛盾。”
“It will take decades to wean off from that dependency,” Rossi said in an interview with the BBC. “So while this is happening we should use the resources that we’ve got rather than importing them from afar. For me, it’s really a no-brainer. It is not in contradiction.”
罗西表示，开发北海新项目有助于创造就业岗位、增加政府税收收入，并可用这些收入帮助难以支付能源账单的家庭。
New North Sea developments would help to create jobs and increase government tax receipts that could be used to support households struggling to pay energy bills, according to Rossi.
他说，本地生产的化石燃料比进口化石燃料排放更少，因为无需经过长距离运输。
He said locally produced fossil fuels had lower emissions than imports because they do not need to transported over long distances.
他表示：“在英国，我们唯一能够减少排放的办法，就是在使用端真正减少化石燃料的使用量。随着时间推移，唯一解决方案就是电力。”这家提供英国约五分之一低碳电力的EDF Energy，其负责人已成为最新一位公开力挺气候行动、同时主张扩大北海油气产量的知名人士。其他持类似立场的人士包括：章鱼能源创始人格雷格·杰克逊；GB Energy前负责人尤尔根·迈尔；以及RenewableUK负责人塔拉·辛格。
“In the UK the only way we can reduce emissions is to genuinely reduce the usage of fossil fuels at the point of use,” he said. “Over time, the only solution is electricity.”The boss of EDF Energy, which generates about a fifth of the UK’s low-carbon electricity, has become the latest high-profile advocate of climate action to also make a case for more North Sea production. Others include: Greg Jackson, the founder of Octopus Energy; Jürgen Maier, the former boss of GB Energy; and Tara Singh, the boss of RenewableUK.
EDF Energy由法国电力集团（EDF）所有，在英国拥有约8吉瓦的低碳发电容量，其中包括八座总装机容量为6吉瓦的核电站，以及2吉瓦的风电、太阳能和电池储能设施。该公司正在萨默塞特郡建设屡遭推迟的欣克利角C核电站。
EDF Energy, which is owned by EDF of France, has about 8 gigawatts of low-carbon generation capacity in the UK, including eight nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 6GW and 2GW of wind, solar and battery storage. It is building the much-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.
曾公开支持增加北海产量的政治人物包括：前财政大臣蕾切尔·里夫斯；国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷；苏格兰工党前领导人阿纳斯·萨瓦尔；自由民主党领导人、前能源大臣埃德·戴维；以及最大规模工会的领导人。
Politicians to have spoken out in favour of more North Sea production include: the former chancellor Rachel Reeves; the defence secretary, Wes Streeting; former Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar; Liberal Democrat leader and former energy secretary, Ed Davey; and the leaders of the largest trade unions.
左翼阵营的支持与工党的竞选纲领一致。该纲领拒绝发放勘探许可证，但允许开发部分新的北海油气资源，前提是这些资源来自已获许可的区域，或来自与现有项目相邻并可使用相同基础设施的油田。
Support on the left aligns with the Labour party’s election manifesto, which ruled out granting exploration licences while still allowing for some new streams of North Sea oil and gas. This was provided they came from already licensed areas or fields adjacent to existing projects, which can use the same infrastructure.
在气候危机加剧导致夏季热浪频发、油气价格波动加大之后，环境团体以及英格兰和威尔士绿党领导人扎克·波兰斯基也向大臣施压，要求否决对罗斯班克和杰克达项目的最终批准。
Ministers have come under pressure from environmental groups as well as from Zack Polanski, the Green party leader in England and Wales, to deny final consent to Rosebank and Jackdaw after a summer of heatwaves caused by the intensifying climate crisis, and increased volatility in oil and gas prices.
这两个项目均已获得许可证，而且是在保守党政府时期发放的，因此可以在不违背工党竞选纲领的情况下获得最终批准。
Both projects already have licences – granted under the Conservative government – which means they could be given final approval without breaching the manifesto.
唐纳德·特朗普在与新任首相安迪·伯纳姆的最初几次会谈中，曾敦促他对北海采取“务实的态度”，开放更多钻探项目；伯纳姆则承诺对北海采取“务实做法”。
Andy Burnham promised to take a “pragmatic approach” to the North Sea after Donald Trump used one of his first conversations with the new prime minister to urge him to “open up” more drilling.
预计政府将在数周内决定是否批准罗斯班克和杰克达项目。据报道，这一决定被推迟至10月8日霍尔本和圣潘克拉斯补选之后；波兰斯基计划参加此次补选。
The government is expected to decide on Rosebank and Jackdaw within weeks. The decision was reportedly delayed until after the 8 October Holborn and St Pancras byelection – in which Polanski plans to stand.
今年早些时候，法院要求开发商重新提交申请，并进一步考虑燃烧其化石燃料所造成的气候影响，随后这些油气项目方案才提交政府审议。
The oil and gas proposals were put to the government earlier this year after a court ordered the developers to resubmit their applications with additional consideration for the climate impact of burning their fossil fuels.