However, four months on Surrey County Council has yet to enforce the Supreme Court ruling, despite knowing UKOG is ignoring the ruling and continuing to extract oil from the site. They are holding placards stating “Surrey County Council, stop UKOG flouting Supreme Court Horse Hill ruling”, “CEO Stephen Sanderson Stop Pumping Oil Unlawfully At Horse Hill” and “No More Planet Killing Emissions – Time To Restore Horse Hill To Nature”. Surrey County Council need to tell Mr Sanderson to stop all activity at Horse Hill until UKOG have planning permission. They will be enforcing a Supreme Court judgement and no reasonable person could possibly criticise them for that, so I urge them now to do what they should have done as soon as the Supreme Court decision was handed down; instruct them to stop the works now. She said: “The Supreme Court decision was a beacon of light in a world of dire climate news.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2024 17:20 UTC