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What oil and gas workers told us about the industry and their future By Ryan Morrison, Just Transition Campaigner Over the past few months, we have been hearing from oil and gas workers sharing their views on their industry and the transition away from fossil fuels. Together with Platform and Greenpeace we produced the ‘Offshore’ report discussing the findings and implications of this survey. Energy workers play a vital role in all of our lives, ensuring we can switch our lights on, heat our homes and travel around our communities. However, the climate crisis demands that the source of this energy changes through a shift from fossil fuels to renewables. The products our oil and gas workers are going to work with must be different but their vital role in each of our lives will stay the same. When people talk about the future of energy, they too often overlook those people who have the skills and experience to actually make a transition happen. We wanted to change that, and so we set out to hear from them directly.
The most common solutions suggested in the workers' responses.
