Communities fighting onshore oil and gas
One year ago today we won a landmark climate victory in the Supreme Court.
The case, which campaigner Sarah Finch brought on behalf of the Weald Action Group, concerned planning permission that Surrey County Council had granted for a small oil site at Horse Hill in Surrey.
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Following our Supreme Court win last year, the government has been forced to rethink its approach to consenting new oil and gas developments in the North Sea.
Today they issued new guidance for oil and gas companies which means that when seeking consent for new developments, they must now reveal the amount of CO2 that will be released from burning the oil and gas they plan to extract.