Energy treaty 'risks undermining EU's green new deal'

Calls for ECT to be scrapped to stop fossil fuel firms using it to take governments to court

The international energy treaty that threatens Labour's energy nationalisation plans may also risk undermining the EU's green new deal, according to Friends of the Earth.

The environmental organisation is calling for parts of the energy charter treaty (ECT) to be scrapped to prevent fossil fuel companies from using the multilateral agreement to take governments to court over green policies.