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Ineos leads industry lobbying to avoid paying green tax

Adam Vaughan, the Guardian

03 April 2017 • 4 min read

Chemicals firm is using Brexit as a chance to seek further exemptions from climate policy costs

Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm Ineos is privately leading an industry lobbying attempt to avoid paying for the cost of decarbonising Britain's economy. Documents released under freedom of information rules...

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