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UK aims to become hub for Arctic oil exploration
2013-10-17 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government wants the UK to be a global centre of expertise in opening up the Arctic to exploration by oil and gas companies, promoting London as a hub of business services for the burgeoning exploitation of the polar regions, according to a Foreign Office strategy published on Thursday. The green light is likely to enrage conservationists, as a group of Greenpeace activists and journalists have been imprisoned in Russia after protesting against fossil fuel exploration in the region. But...
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