Just a few months after the show of international common purpose at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, countries including the US, Canada and Australia are among those with the most destructive oil

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Ada Carpenter
Ada Carpenter

Just a few months after the show of international common purpose at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, countries including the US, Canada and Australia are among those with the most destructive oil

2 years ago

Just a few months after the show of international common purpose at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, countries including the US, Canada and Australia are among those with the most destructive oil and gas projects, threatening to shatter the target of limiting global heating to 1.5C.

A Guardian investigation has revealed that the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms have 195 “carbon bomb” projects that would each emit at least 1bn tonnes of CO2 – and that 60% are already under way.

Why are energy giants continuing to invest in fossil fuel projects capable of causing such colossal harm?