High Court throws out legal challenge to UK's oil and gas production strategy

Cecilia Keating
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High Court throws out legal challenge to UK's oil and gas production strategy

But environmentalists argue case forced government to accept oil and gas companies can make more money from subsidies than they pay in taxes

A legal case which argued the UK's current strategy to 'maximise economic recovery' of oil and gas in the North Sea basin was unlawful, because it does not account for the significant tax breaks provided...

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