'Lightweight PR and greenwash' - BP's low-carbon plan dismissed

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'Lightweight PR and greenwash' - BP's low-carbon plan dismissed

Environmentalists call strategy '20th century response to a 21st century problem'

Environmental leaders have dismissed BP's new low-carbon strategy as "greenwash" and a lightweight response to climate change and the energy market's rapid switch to renewables. In a strategy published...

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