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by Deprecate9151 888 days ago
It may functionally stop all new projects (although I doubt that it will get that far).

I don't see anything implying that existing projects approved under the old framework would need to be re-assessed and shutdown though. That was my main point.
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legitster 888 days ago
If there is legal precedent that carbon emissions from sovereign oil sources potentially violate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, there's no reason to believe there would not immediately be new cases opened up against existing projects on the same grounds.
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Deprecate9151 888 days ago
They could open the cases, but this decision hinged on the permitting process not following the law that it needed to consider emissions, which the Rights of the Chile was a component of.

It is not a given the reasoning used in this decision could be used for oil and gas projects that followed a proper permit process at the time they were granted. There is more reason to believe this case would NOT apply in that situation.

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