In the return of our monthly environmental news round-up with DeSmogUK, Mat Hope and Chloe Farand look at :

– the Conservative party conference and the power of lobbyists pushing for more fracking and less regulation,

– the release of the IPCC Special report (a climate change wake up),

– the Oil & Money Conference pushing for dirty business as usual,

– and the latest news on the fracking front.

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