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Scottish Court Rules Against Two New North Sea Oil And Gas Fields

The two North Sea oil and gas fields were originally approved by the previous Conservative government (Credit: AFP)

A Scottish court on Thursday ruled against the development of two oil and gas fields in the North Sea in a "historic win" for two environmental groups.

Scotland's Court of Session agreed with campaign groups Uplift and Greenpeace and ruled that the previous UK government's approvals for the multi-billion pound Rosebank and Jackdaw fields were unlawful as they did not consider the carbon emissions the projects would indirectly generate.

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