From a Surrey oil well to the supreme court: how @sarahfinch.bsky.social changed UK climate law.

"On a sunny morning in June 2024, almost five years after Finch began her legal challenge, the decision came. The climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects, wherever that burning takes place, the court ruled.

It was a small change in interpretation of the Town and Country Planning Act, but the effect was momentous. Permission for the Cumbria coalmine was quashed by the high court. The government spent a year rewriting guidance for the offshore oil and gas industry, pulling support from #Jackdaw and #Rosebank, which were then ruled unlawful.

The Finch ruling has been one of the most groundbreaking environmental cases of the century. But it is already under threat."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/20/from-a-surrey-oil-well-to-the-supreme-court-how-an-activist-changed-uk-climate-law

No Oil Profits for Occupation and #Genocide

Sign the petition to let the government know that we’ve buried Cambo once, and we’ll do it again

#Cambo and #Rosebank would send profits to one of Israel’s biggest #oil companies which operates in illegal settlements in the #OccupiedWestBank and supplies fuel to the Israeli military

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-oil-profits-for-occupation-and-genocide #StopCambo #FossilFuels #climate #Israel

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_environment/116284987435635072

"Senior figures in the North Sea industry expect the fields to be given the go-ahead within the coming weeks, and claim they could begin producing fossil fuels by the end of the year. This outcome would be likely to provoke an outcry from green groups which have campaigned against the fields for years.

One industry source suggested that the go-ahead may come after the upcoming local elections in May, to avoid creating a dividing line between Labour and the Green party which has become increasingly popular among leftwing voters."

#Green #GreenParty #UKpol #climateCrisis #FossilFuels #rosebank

#London, #UK
Activists stage an ‘oil spill’ protest, with the UK government’s decision on whether to approve or reject the #Rosebank oilfield imminent.

Photograph: Jack Taylor/Reuters

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