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Spain's Supreme Court gives go-ahead to Canary Islands drilling

2014-06-24 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Spain's Supreme Court approved on Tuesday a $7-billion oil exploration project off the Canary Islands, clearing one of the final hurdles for oil company Repsol to begin drilling within months. In 2012, Spain's government granted permits for hydrocarbon exploration off the coasts of the Fuerteventura and Lanzarote islands, but they were frozen while courts decided on a number of appeals on environmental grounds. Of the seven appeals against drilling rejected by the Supreme Court, one was from the...

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