Legal challenge to oil field approvals gets under way with first submission
A legal challenge over decisions to approve new oil and gas fields in Scottish waters has formally begun at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, with its first submission heard on Tuesday morning. Greenpeace and Uplift have jointly raised a judicial review arguing consent for the Rosebank oil field north-west of Shetland and the Jackdaw oil field off Aberdeen ought to be paused and reassessed.
Legal challenge to oil and gas fields begins
The campaigners want to stop the development of Rosebank oil field, which is off Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field, off Aberdeen. But oil companies say the projects are vital. If the challenge is successful,
Court challenge begins against UK oil and gas field approvals
Two environmental groups kicked off a legal challenge in Scotland on Tuesday to block the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea, with activists optimistic of
Legal challenge to UK’s Rosebank and Jackdaw oilfields begins
The consent for drilling at Rosebank was granted in September 2023, while Shell's Jackdaw field received approval in 2022.
Environmentalists to challenge Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in court
Two environmental groups are set to have their legal challenge against the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea heard in court on Tuesday. Greenpeace UK and Uplift will argue the impact of emissions from burning the oil and gas extracted from the fields were illegally ignored when they were approved in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
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