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Are these the real reasons why Big Oil wants a carbon tax?

Fossil-fuel companies are advocating for carbon pricing while massively expanding their oil & gas production, writes Leigh Collins in the third part of a special report

Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial for misleading shareholders about their global warming knowledge, outside the New York State Supreme Court building in New York City on 22 October.
Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial for misleading shareholders about their global warming knowledge, outside the New York State Supreme Court building in New York City on 22 October.Photo: AFP/Getty
Published 31 October 2019, 14:02Updated 31 October 2019, 14:04
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