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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jack Simpson

BP ‘abandoning plan to cut oil output’ angers green groups

A drilling derrick on BP's Thunderhorse oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico
A BP drilling derrick. Reports suggest BP has abandoned a target to cut oil and gas output by 2030. Photograph: Reuters

Green groups have reacted with fury to reports that BP has dropped a target to cut its oil output in the next five years, saying the company was prioritising profits over the health of the planet.

Campaign groups including Greenpeace and Reclaim Finance slammed the move that would potentially result in the oil company scrapping its plan to reduce oil and gas output by 25% by 2030 under a strategy reset by the company.

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