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  "id": 10939721,
  "title": "UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/uk-banks-are-europes-biggest-coal-financiers-report-finds",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T11:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/uk-banks-are-europe-biggest-providers-coal-financing-report-finds"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise UK banks are Europe’s biggest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing billions of pounds in funding for the climate-wrecking fossil fuel in the past four years, according to a report. The study found UK-based banks had provided $8.3bn (£6.2bn) in coal financing since…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Tax cuts, handouts and blind hope: Europe finds few tools to fight a coming energy crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/tax-cuts-handouts-and-blind-hope-europe-finds-few-tools-to-fight-a",
        "published": "2026-09-29T19:20:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}