Standard & Poor's warns oil firms could soon be facing credit downgrades

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Credit agency teams up with Carbon Tracker Initiative to analyse long-term creditworthiness of firms investing in Canadian oil sands

Oil companies could be left staring down the barrel of credit downgrades if governments deliver an international agreement to tackle climate change, according to a new analysis from credit agency Standard...

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