Landmark UK Supreme Court Ruling 'Slams Brakes' on New Fossil Fuel Projects

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Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

In a landmark decision that could spell doom for all new fossil fuel projects in the country, the United Kingdom's highest court ruled Thursday that local planning authorities unlawfully failed to consider the full planet-warming emissions impact when they approved a drilling initiative that was expected to yield more than 3 million tonnes of oil over two decades. The most recent challenge to the closely watched drilling project was brought to the U.K.

'The oil and gas companies may act like business-as-usual is still an option, but it will be very hard for planning authorities to permit new fossil fuel developments—in the Weald, the North Sea, or anywhere else—when their true climate impact is clear for all to see.' Friends of the Earth U.K.

 

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