Campaigners Applaud UK Exit From ‘Climate-Wrecking’ Energy Charter Treaty

The United Kingdom’s decision to exit a 30-year-old fossil fuel-friendly treaty will “untie a straitjacket” on the country’s ability to ensure a just transition toward renewable energy, said one campaign group on Thursday.Officials announced that after two years of negotiations regarding a modernization of the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)—which allows fossil fuel companies to…