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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

UK planning to launch watered down net zero strategy in oil capital Aberdeen

Extinction Rebellion activists blocking entrance to Shell headquarters in Aberdeen in 2020
Extinction Rebellion activists blocking entrance to Shell headquarters in Aberdeen in 2020. Photograph: Extinction Rebellion/PA

The government is planning to launch its revamped net zero strategy from the UK’s oil and gas capital, Aberdeen, in a clear signal of its intention to boost the fossil fuel industry while cutting key green measures, the Guardian has learned.

Next week’s launch was originally called “green day” in Whitehall, but has been rebranded as “energy security day” and will focus on infrastructure. Campaigners have called the move a travesty.

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