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Wednesday 20 October 2021 3:10 pm  |  Updated:  Wednesday 20 October 2021 4:22 pm

COP26: Britain’s fossil fuel dilemma explained in 90 seconds

By: Michiel Willems

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Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more reliant on imported fuel.

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Europe has made a ‘major mistake’ on slow electrification, IEA chief warns 

UK industrial electricity prices are the highest in the G7 and 46 per cent above the average of the International Energy Agency.

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