By Phil Richards at Greenpeace UK, November 26th 2025. Featured image credit: Greenpeace UK Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “Britain has just made history. Closing the door to new exploration marks …
By Mike Small, writing in Bella Caledonia, 29th August 2024. Featured image credit Anoop VS on Pexels.com Following the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in June in Sarah Finch’s case against an oil field in Surrey (see article in the Voice for Arran here) the UK Government has just this week, conceded that approving licences for …
Published June 26th, 2024 in The Conversation By Shashi Kant Yadav, Doctoral Researcher, Climate Change Law, University of Surrey and Rosalind Malcolm, Professor of Environmental Law, Director of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG), University of Surrey The UK Supreme Court recently ruled that Surrey County Council acted unlawfully in granting planning permission to a developer to expand …