Greenpeace - campaigning to protect whales
Well
the day started with our barrister reading out a summary of
Greenpeace's evidence as to why we think the Government are acting
illegally by not applying European environmental legislation to oil
licensing.
Nigel Pleming QC raised a number of key issues one
of which was that the Government have changed their line on the damage
that oil licensing could cause to whales and dolphins. It basically
means that they now do acknowledge that oil and gas activities are
likely to cause harm to whales and dolphins.
The afternoon is
being occupied by our barrister setting out why Greenpeace believes that
the European Habitats Directive should apply to all of the waters over
which the UK has jurisdiction. That is the 200 miles.
That's the argument that he's laying out before the judge so the judge can fully understand the issues and make a decision.
