This guidance will determine whether production can go ahead in the controversial Scottish fields, Rosebank and Jackdaw.

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.

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 vast Rosebank oil and gas field, just off the Shetland Isles in Scotland, is rife with controversy. On one side, the company behind the planned exploration says it will provide Britain with ...

A judge upholds legal challenges against new offshore oil and gas fields - the latest in a wave of fossil fuel projects upended in court. But Rosebank and Jackdaw could still go ahead if the new ...

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 ...

The Court of Session in Edinburgh has agreed to hear arguments brought by climate campaigners seeking to block the Rosebank oil and gas development in the North Sea on climate grounds.

The energy giant behind the controversial Rosebank oil field has vowed to fight for the project in court despite UK ministers dropping out of the legal battle. Norwegian oil firm Equinor, which ...

The Rosebank oil field is west of Shetland and holds fossil fuels equivalent to about 500 million barrels of oil, according to Uplift. The organisation says 90% of its reserves are oil and the ...

Oil and gas workers and the communities in which they are based already face a volatile future . New fields like Rosebank would create some additional jobs in this declining industry.