Carbon Tracker: Oil majors continue to reward execs for driving fossil fuel production growth

Cecilia Keating
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Carbon Tracker: Oil majors continue to reward execs for driving fossil fuel production growth

Fossil fuel giants' executive renumeration packages are betting against the clean energy transition, financial think tank warns

Fossil fuel companies continue to reward executives for increasing output of oil and gas, despite their public pledges to slash production and support climate goals. That is according to an analysis...

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