Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush
The billionaire Australian mining tycoon and investor Andrew Forrest has led international condemnation of the UK's new oil rush, saying he would pull his major investment from the country if the prime minister pursued "clickbait" fossil fuel policies.
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