Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, lashed out at Greenpeace for spreading “lies” and “fabrications” about the Kingdom’s policy towards climate change. The spat ignited during the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, where bin Salman was asked about “serious allegations” made by Greenpeace that Saudi Arabia was trying to block negotiations on the climate. “These are not serious allegations; these are fabricated allegations,” the official said, as quoted by Arab News, referring to allegations made by Greenpeace that the Kingdom was obstructing progress at certain important meetings during the conference. The Associated Press, meanwhile, reports that the Saudi Arabian delegation suggested that negotiations end every day at 6 pm rather than continue into the small hours of the night and that, according to unnamed sources referred to as “climate negotiation veterans,” the Kingdom was also engaging in “complex efforts to play country factions against one another […]