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Exclusive polling: Britons back end to oil and gas exploration

Twice as many people in the UK support banning all new oil and gas exploration as oppose it, new polling shows.

By India Bourke

In May 2021, in light of the world’s dangerous levels of global heating, the International Energy Agency called for an end to investment in fossil fuel development. By November 2021, six countries had signed up to a new coalition committed to ending oil and gas extraction.

Today, new polling finds that twice as many Britons would support the UK making this commitment as are opposed.

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