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Greenpeace Wins Right to Challenge U.K. Energy Review in Court
Lars Paulsson, November 23, 2006 (Bloomberg)
- Greenpeace, an environmental action group, won the right to challenge the U.K. government's energy review, which promotes the building of nuclear plants…

- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said in an energy review in July that Britain needs more nuclear plants and renewable energy to secure power supplies and combat greenhouse gas emissions. European utilities including Electricite de France SA, E.ON AG and British Energy Plc have expressed interest in building reactors in the region's third-largest power market.
- Greenpeace challenged the review as ``legally flawed'' in an application to the High Court of Justice in October. The U.K. review group did not conduct a full public consultation before publishing the 216-page document on the country's energy future, Greenpeace said…
- Court documents show that an application by Greenpeace Ltd. for a judicial review of a secretary of state for Trade and Industry decision was granted yesterday by Justice Sullivan. The hearing is expected to take place between Feb. 7 and Feb. 9, according to the court documents…
- The review failed because it didn't address issues such as radioactive waste, financial costs and the design of reactors, Greenpeace said…