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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ajit Niranjan

Court orders Estonian state energy firm to halt shale oil plant construction

A shale oil power plant in Auvere, Estonia
A shale oil power plant in Auvere, Estonia. The country is committed to the EU’s target of climate neutrality by 2050. Photograph: Ints Kalniņš/Reuters

Estonia’s supreme court has ordered the state energy company Enefit to halt construction on a shale oil facility because of the damage it will do to the environment.

Young activists took the municipality of Narva-Jõesuu to court over claims the building permit it granted breached international climate agreements. The court ruled it had assessed the climate impact well enough but not the environmental impact, and revoked the permit.

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