Submitted on Monday 27th May 2019
Rejected on Friday 21st June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the £800 million expansion of the largest oil refinery in the UK
Fawley oil refinery is the largest and most polluting refinery in the UK. The £800 million expansion will increase the emission of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, both linked to respiratory diseases. This goes against the Paris agreement, and the UK's declaration of a climate emergency.
The refinery is located near Southampton which is already most polluted city in the UK. This expansion will not increase the local economy as exxonmobil is an american multinational so profits will be exported. It will only create a few, if any, temporary jobs with and average of 196 temporary jobs during construction (page 13 of the planning statement).
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. This is a matter for New Forest District Council. You can find out more about petitioning them at:
http://www.newforest.gov.uk/article/10653/Petitions-Scheme
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