Surge of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks: watchdogs

More than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists from some of the world's biggest polluters have registered to the climate talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, an analysis by groups including Global Witness and Corporate Accountability foundNEW YORK - Fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded UN climate talks in Egypt, a report by watchdog groups said Thursday, as calls grow at the summit for a windfall tax on oil majors' bumper profits.

They said that is more than the number of lobbyists from the 10 most climate-affected countries combined. Flare stacks burn off excess gas at the Zubair oil and gas field north of the Iraqi province of BasraThe groups scoured the official list of registered participants looking for those either directly affiliated with oil and gas companies, or people who are attending as part of delegations that"act on on behalf of the fossil fuel industry".

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