Posts under ‘Climate Change’

By Eduard Gismatullin – Jun 5, 2013 3:55 PM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said Europe needs to extend its targets for curbing greenhouse gases and promoting renewable energy by a decade through 2030. “To actually change things you need time and we are a little bit concerned if you [...]

By Ryan Koronowski on May 28, 2013 at 6:17 pm The main reason an offshore oil rig ran aground off the coast of Alaska late last year was because oil company Royal Dutch Shell was trying to depart state waters to avoid paying millions in taxes. Sean Churchfield, operations manager for Royal Dutch Shell in [...]

Opinion: Shell, with its enthusiastic embrace of fracking, has a credibility problem �Shell faces up to climate change challenge� ran the headline in this paper last week. I wish it were true but the company has a credibility problem when it comes to the issue. It is betting everything on the presumption that we will [...]

Shell’s research money is also buying legitimacy for its unconscionable activities globally. These include human rights abuses in the Niger delta, reckless drilling plans in the Arctic, fracking in South Africa, and carbon-intensive tar sands extraction that undermines indigenous rights in Canada. Thursday 9 May 2013 Today sees the launch of a new partnership between [...]

March 4, 2013 Oil and gas companies including BP and Shell will likely see declines in cash flows and credit downgrades if world leaders implement policies to limit GHG emissions, according to a study by Carbon Tracker and Standard & Poor�s. What A Carbon-Constrained Future Could Mean For Oil Companies� Creditworthiness looks at how BP [...]

By Eduard Gismatullin & Sally Bakewell – Feb 28, 2013 12:01 AM GMT Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) says solar power, a business it abandoned four years ago, may expand into the world�s biggest source of energy in the next half century. The proposition that photovoltaic panels will be the main power source by 2070 [...]

Selection of Shell related article links kindly provided by a regular contributor All Roads Lead to Natural Gas-Fueled Cars and Trucks: Forbes-While oil development will continue to dominate its portfolio, the energy developer is now … Shell is well positioned to meet this demand,� says Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil Company. … What else [...]

Introductory flowery rhetoric in a 1958 Shell advert: Shell Guide to LIFE IN THE CORN “In the growing and ripening stages corn and hay are a sanctuary for wild life which man does not invade.” The advert concludes with the slogan: “You can be sure of SHELL The Key to the countryside.” Presumably this was [...]

By Alex Morales on November 18, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) joined Electricite de France SA and more than 100 companies calling for lawmakers worldwide to put a �clear� price on carbon emissions in order to contain global warming. Companies invest trillions of dollars in energy and infrastructure projects, and, in most cases, don�t [...]

Pilot wells caused two earthquakes in Lancashire last year and green campaigners warn the method could contaminate the water supply. By Tom Mcghie and Nick Craven Britain is sitting on a �1.5?trillion shale gas bonanza that could be worth more than the remaining North Sea gas. The amount is bigger than previously thought and would [...]

Political turmoil, the financial crisis and climate change are forcing board directors to play a more active role in managing risk 20 May 2012 The board of energy giant Royal Dutch Shell regularly sits down and plays out disaster scenarios. Advised by the company�s business intelligence unit, the board imagines what would happen if there [...]

Royal Dutch Shell has attacked the �ridiculous� impact of European energy policy, warning that governments are erasing the environmental benefits from expensive renewables by allowing coal use to increase. Europe is burning more coal, while demand for gas � which emits much less CO2 than coal � is declining�Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Emily Gosden: 6:03PM [...]

Selection of article links supplied by a regular contributor Study for Shell’s Jackpine Oil Sands Mine Predicts ‘Unprecedented … Inside Climate News-Oct 22, 2012 Study for Shell’s Jackpine Oil Sands Mine Predicts ‘Unprecedented’ Losses in Animal Habitat (Edmonton Journal) � Methane Found in Drinking … Shell’s Tar Sands Expansion Could Be Illegal SustainableBusiness.com-Oct 22, 2012 [...]

FROM OUR SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE OCTOBER 2005 The Guardian: Shell shows cracks: �Another PR blunder from the House of Shell or a tragic piece of misreporting? �Ian McCredie, head of global security services at Shell, is reported to have told a Chatham House conference a tale of how up to 70 staff have been kidnapped [...]

20/09/12: As Shell was getting ready to poke the first hole in the Chukchi Sea floor in Arctic Alaska to begin exploratory drilling, I was getting ready to give two talks in Alaska — the concluding lecture of the Next North Symposium at the Anchorage Museum on September 8, and one at the Noel Wien [...]