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Panorama: Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels?

Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels?

BBC News - Panorama, Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels?

Investigating why oil, coal and gas exploration is booming despite climate commitments.

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.

Almost every country in the world has made a commitment to limit the rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees. The experts say that will only happen if we stop searching for new fossil fuels. So why is oil, coal and gas exploration still booming? As world leaders prepare for a landmark climate conference in Dubai, reporter Richard Bilton investigates why we are still looking for buried carbon in almost every part of the globe.

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