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0 pointslegitster2y ago0 comments

> combustion emissions [from] petroleum extraction are such a significant and particularly characteristic consequence of such projects that they must clearly be considered indirect climate impacts within the meaning of the (EU) Project Directive

It didn't seem particular to the locations. Under this ruling, if the oil gets shipped to India and burned there they would now need to include it in the local impact assessment.

Maybe they just need to resubmit with a new impact assessment? But it does seem like the precedent they are trying to set is to reject all projects based on emissions.

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Deprecate91512y ago

It may functionally stop all new projects (although I doubt that it will get that far).

I don't see anything implying that existing projects approved under the old framework would need to be re-assessed and shutdown though. That was my main point.

legitsterOP2y ago

If there is legal precedent that carbon emissions from sovereign oil sources potentially violate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, there's no reason to believe there would not immediately be new cases opened up against existing projects on the same grounds.

Deprecate91512y ago

They could open the cases, but this decision hinged on the permitting process not following the law that it needed to consider emissions, which the Rights of the Chile was a component of.

It is not a given the reasoning used in this decision could be used for oil and gas projects that followed a proper permit process at the time they were granted. There is more reason to believe this case would NOT apply in that situation.

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0 pointslegitster2y ago0 comments

It didn't seem particular to the locations. Under this ruling, if the oil gets shipped to India and burned there they would now need to include it in the local impact assessment.

Maybe they just need to resubmit with a new impact assessment? But it does seem like the precedent they are trying to set is to reject all projects based on emissions.

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Deprecate91512y ago

It may functionally stop all new projects (although I doubt that it will get that far).

I don't see anything implying that existing projects approved under the old framework would need to be re-assessed and shutdown though. That was my main point.

legitsterOP2y ago

Deprecate91512y ago

They could open the cases, but this decision hinged on the permitting process not following the law that it needed to consider emissions, which the Rights of the Chile was a component of.

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