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Greenpeace launches legal challenge over Government plan for Rosebank oil field

Campaigners say the plans are not compatible with the UK's legal target to reduce carbon emissions 

News

Carbon cost of COP jets revealed as Sunak, Cameron and Charles fly separately

News

Johnson-backed net zero flight fuelled by cooking oil dismissed as gimmick

Article thumbnail: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak making a statement about last weekend's G20 summit, in the House of Commons, in London, on September 11, 2023. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament" (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fact Check

Sunak's claim that the UK is far ahead of other countries on net zero doesn't really stack up

Scotland

Scottish Government faces legal action for 'breaking its own climate change law'

Article thumbnail: A large 4x4 SUV car parked behind a much smaller FIAT 500 among autumn leaves on Elgin Crescent in Notting Hill, on 7th October 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)
Article thumbnail: A large 4x4 SUV car parked behind a much smaller FIAT 500 among autumn leaves on Elgin Crescent in Notting Hill, on 7th October 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)
Article thumbnail: A young cyclist passes through the barriers that form an LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood), an experimental closure by Southwark Council preventing motorists from accessing the junction of Carlton Avenue and Dulwich Village. Restrictions also prevent traffic from passing through at morning and afternoon rush-hour times in the borough of Southwark, on 14th June 2021, in London, England. (photo by Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A young cyclist passes through the barriers that form an LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood), an experimental closure by Southwark Council preventing motorists from accessing the junction of Carlton Avenue and Dulwich Village. Restrictions also prevent traffic from passing through at morning and afternoon rush-hour times in the borough of Southwark, on 14th June 2021, in London, England. (photo by Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly disembark their plane after landing in Vilnius, Lithuania, where they will attend a NATO Summit, on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly disembark their plane after landing in Vilnius, Lithuania, where they will attend a NATO Summit, on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 14/10/08 of St Fergus Gas Terminal near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce millions of pounds in funding for the Acorn carbon capture project, a joint venture between Shell UK and other companies, and confirm plans to issue new licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea . Issue date: Monday July 31, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Energy . Photo credit should read: Simon Price/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 14/10/08 of St Fergus Gas Terminal near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce millions of pounds in funding for the Acorn carbon capture project, a joint venture between Shell UK and other companies, and confirm plans to issue new licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea . Issue date: Monday July 31, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Energy . Photo credit should read: Simon Price/PA Wire