UK Government Admits It Approved the Giant Rosebank Oilfield Unlawfully

The UK government has admitted in court that its approval of the giant Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was unlawful. Government lawyer Chris Pirie KC accepted at an Edinburg court that the previous Conservative administration did not include “the effects on climate of the combustion of oil and gas to be extracted from the fields.”  Controversy over new drilling licenses for oilfields in the UK has been ongoing for the past couple of years. Last year, the United Kingdom’s North Sea Transition Authority approved the development…