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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Ministers fail to account for emissions from new North Sea licensing, court told

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Ministers have failed to consider the greenhouse gas emissions which could result from new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, campaigners have told the High Court.

Greenpeace has brought a legal challenge after ministers opened a new round of oil and gas licensing for the seabed off the north and east coast of Britain last October.

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