Synopsis
Richard Bilton investigates why oil, coal and gas exploration is booming when almost every country in the world has committed to limit the rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels?
- Channel: BBC News
- Broadcast year: 2023
- Geography | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels
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