Looking at means for cutting back fossil-fuel industry? (9)

I believe the answer is:

examining

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'looking at' is the definition.
('examine' can be a synonym of 'look at')

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(Other definitions for examining that I've seen before include "Inquiring into" , "exploring" , "Subjecting to inspection" , "Checking out" , "Thoroughly inspecting" .)

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