UK Energy Crisis: Govt in CO2 Deal to Avert Food Shortages
Tuesday to support an American-owned firm that produces much of the U.K.'s CO2 , a deal designed to avert shortages of meat, poultry and packaged foods amid a crisis triggered by soaring energy costsBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the govt would offer “limited financial support” for 3 weeks to CF Fertilisers, which halted operations at its U.K. plants last week thanks to high gas prices.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the “exceptional short-term arrangement” with the U.S.-owned firm would allow the corporate to right away restart operations and produce CO2 at its plant in northeast England.
CF Fertilisers produces around 60% of UK’s CO2, used primarily by the food sector. The gas has myriad uses in food production, wont to stun animals before slaugh...