Environmental campaigner Sarah Finch, center, celebrates outside the Supreme Court in London , Thursday June 20, 2024 after justices ruled that emissions generated from burning fuel should be considered when granting planning permission for oil sites. The 3-2 ruling Thursday in London was a victory for fossil fuel opponents. LONDON — Fossil fuel opponents won a major victory Thursday as the U.K.
Finch, who had lost at the High Court and Court of Appeal, called the ruling “a massive vindication” and said she was “over the moon.”One of Rishi Sunak’s bodyguards arrested over alleged bets on UK election date“In climate science we hear a lot about tipping points, Amazon deforestation, melting permafrost, things that accelerate global warming in an unpredictable and frightening way,” she said. “Today we’ve seen a tipping point in the other direction.
Protesters opposed to the project increased in number after a series of small earthquakes that began in 2018 were blamed by some on oil drilling. A report produced by the Oil & Gas Authority found no causal link between the quakes the petroleum activity, but skeptics remain.
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