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Shashi Kant Yadav, Doctoral Researcher, Climate Change Law, University of Surrey

Landmark court ruling will have huge implications for new fossil fuel projects in UK

A recent court case concluded that developers should not have been granted planning permission to extract fossil fuels from the Surrey Hills. Ali Kiresci/Shutterstock

The UK Supreme Court recently ruled that Surrey County Council acted unlawfully in granting planning permission to a developer to expand their oil-drilling operations at Horse Hill in the Surrey countryside without considering the negative climate impacts both now and in the future.

The enormity of this decision has the potential to completely alter the landscape for the oil and gas industry in the UK.

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