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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry

A North Sea rig being towed past wind turbines offshore, as seagulls fly past in the foreground over a beach
A North Sea rig being towed past wind turbines off the coast of Redcar, north-east England. Photograph: Alan Dawson/Alamy

Climate campaigners have accused Donald Trump of attacking Britain’s energy policies on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, which made record donations to his presidential campaign.

The US president-elect wrote in a social media post on Friday that the British government was gravely mistaken by cracking down on North Sea oil and gas producers – and that the UK should abandon wind generation.

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