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Energy giant accused of leaning on authors of independent environmental report to help secure financial backing for controversial oil and gas extraction project
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 01 Sep 2008
Royal Dutch Shell is facing allegations that it was heavy handed in influencing a supposedly independent environmental report on one of the world’s largest oil and gas extraction projects.
A report in The Observer yesterday cited email evidence that allegedly shows Shell looked to downplay some of the environmental criticism included in the review of the $22bn Sakhalin II Project in Russia which has now received the bulk of the funding it required for work on the project to begin.