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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent

Climate activists vow to fight as new gasfield gets go-ahead in North Sea

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An activist outside a government building in Edinburgh demands the approval of Shell's Jackdaw gasfield be withdrawn. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Environmentalists are threatening legal action in an attempt to halt the development of a new gasfield in the North Sea that has been given the green light by the UK government.

Climate experts reacted with anger after the government announced it had given the Jackdaw field, to be developed by the oil multinational Shell, “final regulatory approval” on Wednesday.

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