Oil and gas firms agree 'unprecedented' $1bn climate funding

Michael Holder
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Oil and Gas Climate Initiative launch fund to accelerate CCS, cut methane emissions and boost transport and industry energy efficiency

A group of major oil and gas companies today unveiled plans to invest more than $1bn towards tackling climate change by accelerating development of low emissions technology such as CCS and energy efficiency...

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