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The European EFTA Court in Luxembourg today confirmed that it is illegal to approve new oil and gas fields without assessing the climate impacts of the emissions that occur when the oil is burned, in a case brought by Natur og Ungdom and @greenpeace.no

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/74727/victory-for-youth-and-environmentalists-in-european-supranational-court-oil-and-gas-climate-impacts-must-be-counted/

Victory for youth and environmentalists in European supranational court: oil and gas climate impacts must be counted  - Greenpeace International

Oslo, Norway – Today, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court issued its Advisory Opinion in the case Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway)…

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The Court confirmed that under European Union/European Economic Area law, new fossil fuel projects climate assessments must include not only emissions produced at the drilling site, but also those resulting from the subsequent combustion of the extracted oil and gas, wherever it takes place.

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