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United Kingdom: Treasury confirms "secret meetings" with industry over shale gas tax breaks

2013-08-29 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: Treasury officials have met with representatives of the shale gas industry to discuss the introduction of tax breaks at the rate of around twice a month since Chancellor George Osborne announced his intention to provide the nascent fossil fuel industry with one of the most generous tax regimes in the world. The revelation came in response to a freedom of information request from Friends of the Earth, although the Treasury failed to respond to accompanying requests on the nature of the meetings...

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