UK advised to cut carbon emissions by 81% by 2035
The UK should cut its carbon emissions by 81% by 2035, the government’s climate advisor said today.
The UK should cut its carbon emissions by 81% by 2035, the government’s climate advisor said today.
The company behind plans to build a new coal mine in Cumbria has not lodged an appeal against last month’s High Court decision to strike down planning permission.
Arrangements are underway for a new appeal over oil drilling and production by Egdon Resources at Biscathorpe in Lincolnshire.
Conservative ministers failed to act to meet UK climate targets, government advisors warned today.
The recent landmark judgement over the climate impact of oil production is at the centre of the legal challenge, which began today against the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years.
Permission for oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds has been quashed following the landmark climate judgement by the Supreme Court last month. Another key decision, to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, now looks in doubt because of the same judgement.
New oil and gas projects will be more difficult, campaigners said today, following a landmark win at the Supreme Court.
Campaigners have won a pivotal legal challenge at UK’s highest court on the climate impact of fossil fuels.
The Supreme Court will hand down its judgment next week on the landmark legal challenge brought by environmental campaigner, Sarah Finch, against Surrey County Council.
The use of anti-protest injunctions in the UK is being challenged by Friends of the Earth at the European Court of Human Rights.