Study: Fresh data highlights 'widening gulf' between oil and gas companies and climate science

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New Carbon Tracker report warns fossil fuel firms are moving further away from alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement

Not one of the world's oil and gas majors "come close" to being aligned with global warming limits set out in the Paris Agreement, with many of these firms in fact regressing on their climate efforts...

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