Shell and Equinor battle to keep North Sea oil and gas projects alive as Greenpeace tightens legal grip

Shell and Equinor battle to keep North Sea oil and gas projects alive as Greenpeace tightens legal grip

In a pivotal legal showdown, Shell and Equinor have urged a Scottish court to uphold the UK government’s approval of two contentious North Sea oil and gas projects—Jackdaw and Rosebank. Environmental groups, spearheaded by Greenpeace, are fiercely challenging these developments, arguing that they pose a significant threat to climate commitments. The Court of Session in […]

Victory for climate activism: Greta Thunberg and protesters acquitted in landmark UK court ruling

Victory for climate activism: Greta Thunberg and protesters acquitted in landmark UK court ruling

In an unprecedented move that resonated across the globe, a London court on Friday absolved climate activist Greta Thunberg and four other demonstrators of any wrongdoing related to a 2023 protest outside an oil and gas conference. District Judge John Law emphatically denounced the police’s imposition of conditions during the arrest as “unlawful,” declaring the […]