(Reuters) - The UK's highest court ruled on Thursday that planners must look at the impact of emissions on global warming before granting approval for oil wells, in a landmark case that climate activists said makes it easier to block fossil fuel projects.
Environmental campaigners had argued that planning permission to retain and expand an oil well site near London's Gatwick Airport was flawed, because it had not considered the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from the use of the oil.
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