From LNG to plastics: How stranded asset risk is stalking the fossil fuel industry

James Murray
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Two new reports raise the alarm over the way fossil fuel investments are continuing to be made based on the assumption demand will keep rising

The precise point at which global fossil fuel demand and energy-related carbon emissions peaks remains something of a mystery. For the past few years, analysts have predicted the peak was about to be passed,...

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