This is a fascinating legal ethics question: should lawyers refuse fossil-fuel-related work?

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4087218/lawyers-vow-help-facilitate-fossil-fuel-projects

#BusinessGreen #FossilFuels #law #CabRank #ethics

Top lawyers vow that they will not help facilitate new fossil fuel projects

Bar Council warns move undermines legal profession and lawyers' responsibility to take on all legal cases

"Friends of the Earth confirms legal challenge against UK coal mine approval" <<-- headline from Business Green.

"By giving the go-ahead to this polluting and totally unnecessary coal mine the government has not only made the wrong decision for our economy and the climate, we believe it has also acted unlawfully," said Niall Toru, lawyer at Friends of the Earth.

Too right. Thank you, #FriendsOfTheEarth

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4062189/friends-earth-confirms-legal-challenge-uk-coal-approval

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#coal #mining #climatechange

Friends of the Earth confirms legal challenge against UK coal mine approval

Legal action to be launched against government's controversial decision to green light plans for a new coking coal mine in Cumbria