{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ad1a2f505cb2a0a375ba6e/6ae09b1f664593f806e6c084?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jackdaw Gas Field & Abercrombie’s Jumper Controversy: Are We Being Shortchanged?!","description":"<p>A North Sea gas field, an Abercrombie &amp; Fitch jumper and some very tiny frogs. Welcome to Green Queens, where the connections are occasionally tenuous but the opinions are plentiful.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ This week, Imogen and Abbie unpack the approval of the <strong>Jackdaw gas field</strong>. Will more domestic gas lower UK energy bills? How many jobs will it create? And could saying yes to Jackdaw make it easier—or harder—to say no to the much larger Rosebank oil field?</p><p><br></p><p>Then it’s over to <strong>Abercrombie &amp; Fitch</strong>, where a viral comparison of men’s and women’s knitwear has sparked questions about fabric quality, fashion marketing and whether women are paying the same for less.</p><p>Plus: a conservation win involving critically endangered puddle frogs. Or, as we prefer to call them, <strong>froglets</strong>. 🐸</p><p><br></p><p>🤓 <strong>A few corrections from us:</strong></p><ul><li>In 2025, around <strong>58% of the UK’s gross gas supply was imported</strong>. Of those imports, <strong>69% came from Norway</strong>, mainly by pipeline, and <strong>23% from the US</strong>, as LNG by ship. The remainder came from other sources, including Qatar. Gross supply includes some gas that is subsequently exported.</li><li>When discussing the electricity mix, we should have said the <strong>47% figure referred to electricity generation</strong>, not all the energy we use.</li><li>And if we’re being super pedantic: no, you don’t store gas in a barrel. But you <em>can</em> express its energy content in <strong>barrels of oil equivalent</strong>. </li></ul><p><br></p><p>👀 <strong>Noteworthy mentions:</strong></p><ul><li>Cody Dahler’s 10/10 Jackdaw summary: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DezNlJptS4s/?vrfl=MXMxeW0yYnhpd25ueA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DezNlJptS4s/?vrfl=MXMxeW0yYnhpd25ueA==</a></li><li>Write to your MP about Rosebank: <a href=\"https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/no-more-north-sea-drilling/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/no-more-north-sea-drilling/</a></li><li>The viral video that kicked off sweatergate: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeXn0XsgkZ5/?vrfl=MXFpNjg0YnNzN2VvYg==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeXn0XsgkZ5/?vrfl=MXFpNjg0YnNzN2VvYg==</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>00:00 Welcome, charity shops and the VW ID. Polo</p><p>02:59 What is the Jackdaw gas field?</p><p>05:00 The numbers: gas supply, jobs and emissions</p><p>08:09 Why are people upset?</p><p>12:00 North Sea jobs and the political gamble</p><p>14:32 What about Rosebank?</p><p>19:07 The Jackdaw announcement and social media</p><p>21:59 Can you understand a decision without agreeing with it?</p><p>24:34 Abercrombie &amp; Fitch and the jumper debate</p><p>29:26 Abercrombie nostalgia and teenage aspirations</p><p>34:12 Shopping habits, quality and charity shops</p><p>39:09 And finally… froglets! 🐸</p><p><br></p><p>💚✨ Join the greenest girl gang around: follow Green Queens, leave us a rating and share the episode with a friend!</p><p>📆 New episodes every Wednesday</p><p>🎥 YouTube: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@GreenQueensPod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@GreenQueensPod</a></p><p>🫶🏼 Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/green.queens.pod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/green.queens.pod</a></p><p>🎵 TikTok: Green.queens.podd</p>","author_name":"Imogen Bhogal & Abbie Dewhurst"}