BP cuts ties with three US trade groups over climate policies

UK oil firm withdraws from energy organisations as it pursues net zero ambitions

BP is to sever links with three US-based trade associations, including the country's main refining lobby, because of disagreements over their climate-related policies and activities.

The decision comes after the UK oil corporation's new chief executive, Bernard Looney, set an ambitious target to shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050. To achieve this it will have to cut more greenhouse gas emissions every year than the amount produced by the whole of the UK.