How policy support could help most UK fossil fuel workers shift to greener careers

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Construction workers working on a new natural gas pipeline in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | Credit: iStock
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Construction workers working on a new natural gas pipeline in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | Credit: iStock

New report from IPPR slams government over 'piecemeal at best' approach to supporting workers in fossil fuel industries affected by the accelerating net zero transition

The hundreds of thousands of UK workers in industries related to oil and gas could and should be better supported in shifting in to greener careers, but at present the government's plans to enable a 'Just...

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