'Strategic industry playbook': How fossil fuel firms advocate against climate action

Cecilia Keating
clock • 6 min read
'Strategic industry playbook': How fossil fuel firms advocate against climate action

Fossil fuel trade association lobbying continues to pose a 'serious threat' to climate policy progress, campaigners warn

The oil and gas sector has been using the same "playbook of narratives" to block or slow the energy transition for the last 60 years, from advancing arguments around energy security and 'policy neutrality'...

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