North American drilling boom threatens major blow to climate efforts – report
- More than half the world’s new pipelines in the US and Canada
- Pipelines ‘locking in huge emissions for 40 to 50 years at a time’
More than half of the world’s new oil and gas pipelines are located in North America, with a boom in US oil and gas drilling set to deliver a major blow to efforts to slow climate change, a new report has found.
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