France is to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration as part of a transition towards environmentally-friendly energy being driven by Emmanuel Macron’s government. Nicolas Hulot, the “ecological transition” minister said a law would be passed in the autumn. “There will be no new exploration licences for hydrocarbons,” he told BFMTV. The minister, previously famed in France for his environmental activism and nature documentaries, also outlined proposals to increase the taxation on diesel and
France new government to ban all new oil and gas exploration
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