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BP wins first Greenland drilling concession despite chequered record
2014-01-03 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: BP has won permission to drill in the clear waters off Greenland, just three and a half years after abandoning similar plans to apply for a licence in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Greenpeace said it beggared belief that a company with BP's chequered track record would be allowed to work in one of the world's most fragile environments. The British oil company confirmed last night that it had won a licence to work on the Amaroq concession off the coast of north-east Greenland...
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