ClientEarth, a campaign group which last year threatened more than 100 councils with legal action over their local plan climate policies, was last week granted permission to proceed with a High Court challenge against the UK government’s decision to approve plans for Europe’s largest gas plant.
In its planning application, Drax failed to explain how this emissions-intensive gas project squares with the UK’s carbon targets and its strategy for clean growth...
The Planning Inspectorate agreed with us and recommended the project be blocked. They ruled that the project’s climate impacts outweighed any benefits. This was the first time that the authority has recommended a major project be refused permission for its future climate impact...
Only this month David Attenborough warned governments to take more action to tackle global heating, pointing to the Australian bushfires as proof humanity’s moment of crisis has come.
We’re taking the UK government to court for its decision to overrule its planning authority and push through plans to build Europe’s largest gas plant. Learn more: https://t.co/PIB4nSVMaW— ClientEarth (@ClientEarth) January 30, 2020
ClientEarth is a charity that uses the power of the law to protect the planet and the people who live on it. We are lawyers and environmental experts who are fighting against climate change and to protect nature and the environment.
