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Government to face court action for approving climate-wrecking oil and gas field
People taking part during a protest in central London after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead, September 30, 2023

CAMPAIGNERS have announced they are taking the government to court for approving catastrophic plans to develop Rosebank oil field.

Climate group Uplift says the Tories have failed to prove how drilling the largest undeveloped fossil fuel field in the North Sea aligns with their much-touted plans to drastically cut carbon emissions by 2050. 

Offshore energy regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NTSA), will also face legal action for approving the licences.

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