Marrakech climate talks: US accepts petition calling for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded

Petition supports nations such as Ecuador and Venezuela that tried to initiate a conflict of interests policy

A petition calling for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded from the UN climate change negotiations has been forced into the hands of the US delegation in Morocco, where almost 200 nations are meeting to work out ways to implement the 2015 Paris agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

The US delegation initially said it could not formally receive the petition signed by more than 500,000 people but later contacted Corporate Accountability International, agreeing to receive it on Wednesday.

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