The British government approved the development of a huge oil and gas field in the North Sea Wednesday, sealing its commitment to keep producing fossil fuels for decades to come.

Government drops legal defence for Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields - However licences for drilling at the two sites will not be withdrawn.

The proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea have been ruled unlawful by the Court of Session in Edinburgh. The Conservative government granted permission for drilling in ...

Globally, the emissions from burning the fossil fuels in oil and gas fields and coalmines that are already operating or under development far exceed that budget. In this context, Rosebank's combustion ...

Rosebank and Jackdaw: Legal challenge to oil and gas field approvals gets under way Greenpeace and Uplift have jointly raised a judicial review at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

They believe burning oil and gas from the fields is both illegal and unsafe, and that the Rosebank development will damage a protected area in the North Sea and its marine life.

The oil and gas industry has welcomed the consent process being restarted by the UK government.

Rosebank, 80 miles north-west of Shetland, contains around 500 million barrels of oil equivalent and is regarded as the largest undeveloped oil and gas field in the parts of the North Sea falling ...

Shell’s Jackdaw gas field and Equinor’s Rosebank oil field have been ruled unlawful because they did not account for the significant emissions that would be caused by burning the fields’ oil and gas.

The Government has said it will not challenge judicial reviews brought against developments for the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea, in order to “save the ...