Study: Overlooked industrial gas giants not acting swiftly enough to cut emissions

Stuart Stone
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Firms consuming more electricity than the likes of Google, Amazon, and Microsoft must rapidly decarbonise to help preserve a 'safe climate', report warns

Often-overlooked companies within the industrial gas sector are not acting swiftly enough to reduce emissions from their energy use, despite their position as a major source of global emissions. That...

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