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 Rosebank oil field begins
A legal challenge over the decision to give consent to the UK’s largest untapped oil field is set to begin. A judicial review brought jointly by the environment groups Greenpeace and Uplift is due to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
Climate activists protest as legal challenge against oil and gas fields begins
Climate activists have protested outside Scotland’s highest court where a legal challenge against controversial North Sea oil fields is to go ahead. The Rosebank site, located 80 miles west of Shetland, was green lit by the Conservative Government in September 2023.
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 success.Regulatory approval for drilling at the Rosebank oil field,
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.
Legal challenge to oil and gas fields begins
A legal challenge over the decision to give consent to the UK’s largest untapped oil field is set to begin. A judicial review brought jointly by the environment groups Greenpeace and Uplift is due to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields challenge begins
Environment groups Greenpeace and Uplift want to quash consents for the development of Rosebank oil field, which is off Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field, off Aberdeen. If the challenge is successful, operators would have to resubmit environmental impact assessments for approval before drilling can begin.
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.
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