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Campaigners take government to court over its ‘unlawful’ offshore energy plan
Protestors gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London ahead of a legal challenge from environmental campaign groups over the Government's opening of a new round of oil and gas extraction licencing in the North Sea, July 25, 2023
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners called on the High Court today to declare that the Tory government acted unlawfully and to quash its endorsement of the latest oil and gas licensing round.
Greenpeace and Uplift are contesting in court the decision that a new round of offshore fossil fuel licensing is compatible with the Britain’s climate goals.
The groups told High Court judge Mr Justice Holgate that ministers had failed to consider the greenhouse gas emissions which could result from new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
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