Over $1tr of oil projects at risk from "carbon bubble"

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Report finds oil majors and small companies exposed to threat of stranded high carbon assets if oil demand falls

Around $1.1tr of planned oil projects are likely to be rendered uneconomic if countries agree to limit their carbon emissions, new research has revealed. A paper to be published today by the Carbon...

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