Fossil fuel industry must take stranded assets seriously, says Tim Yeo

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Tory MP counters position of Shell’s boss, Ben van Beurden, that those who say fossil fuels should be left in the ground are misguided

The chairman of parliament's energy and climate change committee has joined those warning the fossil fuel industry to take the threat of stranded assets seriously, and believes Shell is wrong to write...

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