A court told Shell to count what gets burned. Now Jackdaw’s fate depends on whether the UK wants the gas—and the emissions that come with it—on the books.
Shell—aka the ultimate sin stock with a green paintbrush—has filed a fresh environmental impact assessment for the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea after losing in court to Greenpeace. Translation: the judges said, if your product gets burned, you have to count the emissions from burning it—those pesky Scope 3s—before ministers decide whether to hand you the keys. The previous approval? Unlawful.
Jackdaw isn’t some tiny puddle of methane dreams. It sits about 150 miles east of Aberdeen, and Shell loves to say it could churn out around 6% of the UK’s gas once it’s turned on—if ministers ever let them turn it on. Construction of the production platform is already well under way, but no extraction can start until the government retakes the decision under the new rules.
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