22nd June 2023
Yesterday I took part in a prayer vigil outside the Supreme Court. Standing up – or kneeling in prayer – to give support can make a difference.
Inside Kent Council’s decision to grant planning permission for 20 years of oil extraction from the ground beneath Horse Hill was being challenged. In considering the environmental impact of the drilling, Kent Council had on,y consider scope 1 and 2 emissions – ie those directly produced in extracting the oil – and not the scope 3 emissions, being those that would be released when the oil was used. The parallel was drawn between the health impact of making a cigarette and smoking a cigarette.
The Green Tau 