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UK seeks to water down Arctic oil drilling proposals

2013-01-15 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The government is seeking to water down planned EU regulations on deepsea oil drilling, even while insisting to MPs that it wants "robust environmental protection" for oil drilling in the Arctic. In leaked EU documents seen by the Guardian, the UK has sought to change proposals that could prevent oil and gas drilling operations that would leave fragile areas vulnerable. The UK is insisting that this clause be removed, because "oil spills may be effectively dispersed by wind and wave action and...

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