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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ninian Wilson

Revealed: Scots demand UK ditches hated fossil-fuel money maker treaty

SCOTS overwhelmingly want the UK to ditch a treaty which allows polluters to sue governments for millions to frustrate eco policies, The National can reveal. 

The deeply unpopular Energy Charter Treaty gives companies the power to sue governments outside of their national legal systems for millions, sometimes billions, of pounds if they enact policies that limit the use of fuels like coal, oil and gas.

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