By Anders Lorenzen One of the highest courts in the UK has dealt the government an embarrassing blow to its climate strategy. In a case brought by organisations Friends of the Earth, Client Earth and the Good Law Project, the High Court ruled that the government had not done enough to cut emissions and ordered it to redraw the plans. […]
Norwegian fossil fuel projects denied on climate grounds
The Breidablikk oil field. Photo credit: Elisabeth Sahl – Jonny Engelsvoll / Equinor. By Anders Lorenzen Environmentalists are celebrating after a court ruling has found that three new offshore oil and gas fields granted by the Norwegian government were found invalid as their environmental impact was not sufficiently assessed. It is believed that this ruling could set a precedent for […]