Customs agents this week arrested nine people in the London area suspected of a multimillion dollar fraud in trading carbon permits, bringing attention to a rich new field for crime sprung from the fight against climate change. The arrest confirmed fears among law enforcement officers that swindlers โ operating from the trading floors of Europe to the tropical forests of the Pacific โ are being attracted to a market that has grown to more than $100 billion.ย
Decision a blow to campaigners, who say the ads gave Saudi Aramco unearned climate credibility.
UKโs first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
Labour's Jacob Collier warns parliamentary debate of "coordinated strategy" by oil companies to delay climate action.
Critics fear that Equinorโs latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to North Sea drilling.
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