LONDON — U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was on the world stage last week demanding high-polluting fossil fuels are phased out of global energy systems.
“This is an issue that cannot be ignored,” he told the COP climate summit in Brazil.
Yet this week could see his own government water down commitments to phase out fossil fuels.
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Insiders say a drawn-out fight over the future of drilling in the U.K.’s Scottish oil and gas heartlands is finally reaching its conclusion.
