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The Jackdaw gasfield passed the legal test for North Sea drilling – Rosebank will find it much harder

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par Robert Hargreaves, Lecturer in Law, York St John University

For the first time, UK ministers have had to weigh the emissions from burning gas extracted from a North Sea field before approving its development. The way they did so for Jackdaw says a good deal about how the far larger Rosebank oil field is likely to fare.

Coverage of the decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field has focused on energy security and household bills. But the decision also marks an important test of the legal rules governing new fossil fuel projects. Jackdaw, about 150 miles, or…

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