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UK 'complacent' over Arctic drilling

2013-07-27 04:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The UK is "complacently standing by" as firms start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic, a group of MPs has said. The Environmental Audit Committee said this was despite oil companies being unable to prove "they could clean up an oil spill in such harsh conditions". Members renewed their call for a halt to new drilling, saying it was risky for the climate and the environment. The government said it was not its place to tell Arctic states which resources they could extract. Last month,...

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