‘Twisting Words’: UK Oil Industry and Business Department Using Climate Change Committee to Justify New Drilling

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By Adam BarnettSep 10, 2021, 7:35 am563 ptsHotTop
The UK’s Business Department and the country’s leading oil and gas industry body have both been accused of citing the Climate Change Committee “out of context” in a bid to justify new developments in the North Sea. Campaigners say the industry is “twisting the words” of the government’s…

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