BP move to extend Canada exploration licence angers environment campaigners

UK supermajor's deep-water tract now set to expire in 2022, as green groups call for moratorium on oil and gas activities offshore Nova Scotia

Against drilling: a lobster boat, loaded with traps, waits to depart West Dover harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada — Against drilling: a lobster boat, loaded with traps, waits to depart West Dover harbour in Nova Scotia, CanadaPhoto: AP/SCANPIX

Iain Esau

London

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Published 26 January 2021, 17:37Updated 27 January 2021, 15:32