BP and Shell ‘Shaped’ UK Carbon Tax Proposals, Private Emails Show

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By Adam BychawskiMay 8, 2024, 10:12 am250 pts
Fossil fuel giants BP and Shell were given “ample opportunity” to privately influence proposals for taxing oil and gas companies that were later backed by the government, new documents reveal. Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could…

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