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Shell-Shocked: When Even a Ruthless Hedge Fund Bets Against Big Oil’s Greediest Villain

Mar 28th, 2025

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Ah, Shell—the oil-slicked titan of greed, pollution, and profit-before-planet whose moral compass seems to point straight to the nearest offshore tax haven. You’d think this global goliath of carbon chaos would be comfortably lounging atop its pile of petrodollars. But no, even they aren’t safe from Wall Street’s cold, calculating buzzards. Enter Elliott Management: the hedge fund equivalent of a vulture on steroids, now circling Shell like it’s a wounded gazelle.

Yes, Elliott—Paul Singer’s merciless American juggernaut of “activist investing” (read: financial warfare)—has just shorted Shell to the tune of £850 million. That’s 0.5% of Shell’s stock, making it the biggest short against the FTSE 100 oil giant in nearly a decade. When Elliott smells weakness, it doesn’t just poke the bear. It sells the bear’s fur in advance and sues the forest. read more

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Shell & BP’s “Capital-Light” Climate Hustle: Why Save the Planet When You Can Trade Around It?

Mar 26th, 2025

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Hold onto your lungs, folks—Shell and BP are back at it with their latest climate cosplay. Yes, the world’s favorite carbon barons have decided they still kinda want a piece of the “clean energy” pie—not to save the planet, of course, but because it gives them a juicy trading advantage. Welcome to the age of “capital-light” climate action, where you don’t have to build anything meaningful—you just trade electrons and slap a green label on it.

Shell, that bastion of environmental virtue (ahem), is now leaning into what CEO Wael Sawan proudly calls a “capital-light business model” for renewables. Translation: we’ll let other people build the stuff while we swoop in to make money off the volatility. Shell will “make use of project financing where it makes sense and work with partners,” said Sawan at the New York Stock Exchange, presumably while clutching a reusable water bottle for ESG optics. read more

Shell & BP Executives Indicted? Finally Someone’s Asking WTF Are They Still Getting Away With?

Mar 26th, 2025

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Shell & BP Executives Indicted? Finally, Someone’s Asking WTF Are They Still Getting Away With?

Because climate collapse apparently pays better than justice.

Ah, Shell and BP—the oil-stained darlings of the stock market, the poster children of unchecked corporate excess, and the absolute masters of torching the planet while patting themselves on the back for it. This week, in a rare moment of clarity from the reality-based world, draft indictments were hand-delivered to the Crown Prosecution Service, accusing top executives at Shell and BP of public nuisance. Aww, just a nuisance? That’s cute. We’re sure the understatement will comfort the flooded homes, blistering heatwaves, and collapsing food systems caused by fossil fuel emissions. read more

Shell CEO Bravely Warns That Doing More Deals Might Distract From Already Destroying the Planet Efficiently

Mar 26th, 2025

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Ah yes, Shell, the beloved oil-soaked darling of Vanguard and BlackRock, has once again graced us with its unshakable moral compass—pointing steadily toward short-term shareholder returns and long-term planetary combustion.

This week, Shell CEO Wael Sawan, live from the hallowed halls of the New York Stock Exchange (because nothing screams “saving the Earth” like ringing the bell on Wall Street), solemnly declared that while Shell is always hunting for acquisitions like a fossil-fueled velociraptor, going for a big one—say, cough, BP—might be a “distraction.” read more

Shell’s “Successful Failure”: Still Failing, But With Even Bigger Bonuses

Mar 26th, 2025

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Courtesy of Global Witness

CEO Wael Sawan says his strategy is working — if you define ‘working’ as slashing renewables, kneeling to Wall Street, and praying the Trump administration sticks around.

Shell — the fossil-fueled titan that never met a barrel of oil it didn’t want to burn — has declared its latest strategy a “successful failure.” Which is corporate code for: We didn’t achieve what we said we would, but we did make rich people richer, so that counts, right?

Two years into CEO Wael Sawan’s so-called “10-quarter sprint” to remake Shell into a leaner, meaner profit machine, the results are in: read more

Shell’s $1.6 Billion Russian Legal Nightmare: From Sakhalin to SNAFU

Mar 25th, 2025

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25 March 2025

The ultimate sin stock just can’t catch a break — especially not when it abandoned a gas project, got sued by Russia, and now pretends none of it was their fault.

Oh dear, Shell. Yet another chapter in the never-ending “Oops, Did We Do That?” saga of one of the world’s most polluting, profit-obsessed corporations. This time, it’s Moscow calling — and they’d like $1.6 billion, please.

In its latest annual report, Shell confirmed that a Russian prosecutor has sued not one, but eight Shell group entities — including Shell plc and Shell Energy Europe Limited (SEEL) — over alleged unpaid gas deliveries from 2022. The plaintiff? Good ol’ Gazprom Export, the Kremlin’s favorite fossil-fueled blunt instrument. read more

Shell to Ditch Chemicals, Polish Profits — Because Who Needs Plastics When You Can Just Sell Pollution Directly?

Mar 25th, 2025

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As Exxon and Chevron cash in, Shell flails, flips assets, and prays Wall Street will finally love it.

In its never-ending quest to appear as valuable as ExxonMobil and Chevron — two American oil giants who at least own their villainy — Shell has announced that it might sell off the most awkward, least profitable bits of its chemicals business. What better way to prove you’re serious about climate not change than unloading your plastics division to fund more oil and gas?

On Tuesday, Shell confirmed it’s “exploring strategic and partnership opportunities” for parts of its chemicals operations in the U.S., including the much-hyped Pennsylvania ethylene cracker plant — a monument to fossil-fueled manufacturing so planet-wrecking it makes a coal mine look like a herb garden. read more

Shell to Britain: “Give Us BP or We’re Moving to Wall Street”

Mar 24th, 2025

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Nothing screams patriotic corporate loyalty like threatening to ditch your home country for better tax breaks and oil-soaked handshakes in Trump’s America.

Shell — global climate villain and gold medalist in greenwashing — is once again proving that when you’re Europe’s biggest oil giant, the only thing more bloated than your balance sheet is your ego.

The company is now considering (read: publicly dangling) the idea of delisting from the London Stock Exchange and fleeing to the New York Stock Exchange, where oil executives are still treated like gods instead of environmental pariahs.

Shell CEO Wael Sawan, whose idea of energy transition is “less wind, more gas,” is apparently sick and tired of those pesky British investors not worshipping Shell’s “financial performance” — i.e. record profits extracted from the overheating planet. read more

Shell to Wall Street: “Drill, Baby, Drill — Climate Be Damned”

Mar 24th, 2025

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CEO Wael Sawan heads to New York to reassure investors that Shell’s only green priority is cash.

Mark your calendars, folks: on March 25th, Shell — the crown jewel of climate hypocrisy — will grace New York with its Capital Markets Day. Not London. Not The Hague. But New York, that bastion of fossil-friendly finance, where oil execs are still treated like visionaries rather than villains.

Shell CEO Wael Sawan, deep into what he lovingly calls his two-year “sprint,” will present the company’s not-so-new strategy: double down on gas, keep drilling for oil, and toss clean energy in the bin marked ‘marketing phase 2020–2022.’ read more

Shell invests in the Gato do Mato project in Brazil’s pre-salt

Mar 21st, 2025

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Shell’s Jungle Cat Pounces: 370 Million Barrels of Oil, and a Big Middle Finger to the Climate. Because if you’re Shell, “Net Zero” means “Not Now, Thanks.”

Shell — the undisputed heavyweight champion of climate double-speak — has decided it’s time to fire up the oil pumps again. This time, they’re heading to the deep waters off Brazil’s coast to claw 370 million barrels of oil out of a field charmingly called “Gato do Mato,” or “jungle cat.” How cute.

Yes, the same Shell that floods its website with talk of “Net Carbon Intensity” and “clean energy” is now purring with delight over its latest fossil frenzy in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, an offshore zone so deep it practically requires a submarine and a prayer to reach. read more

Shell-Shocked: FERC Tells Oil Giant to Sit Down and Shut Up in LNG Tantrum

Mar 21st, 2025

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Shell — the cuddly face of fossil fuel finesse. The benevolent, planet-loving oil titan that brought you a century of greenhouse gases and quarterly profits fatter than a deep-fried oil rig. But this time? The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) wasn’t buying their entitlement routine.

In what can only be described as an institutional eye-roll, FERC sided with Venture Global LNG Inc., ruling that the company is not obligated to serve Shell all non-public documents going forward. Translation: just because Shell’s used to throwing its corporate weight around doesn’t mean it gets VIP access to everything behind the curtain.

This all stems from Shell’s never-ending hissy fit over Calcasieu Pass — Venture Global’s LNG plant in Louisiana — where Shell is a paying customer. They demanded access to internal, non-public documentation because nothing says reasonable corporate conduct like shouting “transparency!” while investing billions in planet-charing energy. read more

WTF is Shell Up to Now? A “Safety Drill” at the Monaca Cracker Plant?

Mar 19th, 2025

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Wed, 19 March 2025

Ah, Shell—the benevolent, community-loving, totally-not-environmentally-disastrous oil behemoth—wants you to know they care. So much so that their Monaca, PA Cracker Plant, the one that belches out plastic pellets and pollutants like a chain-smoker at an open-bar wedding, is holding an “emergency response drill” today at noon.

What’s the emergency? That’s a great question! Maybe it’s the toxic emissions, maybe it’s the air pollution that’s been raising alarm bells, or maybe it’s just another PR stunt to make it seem like they’re doing something other than poisoning the planet while raking in obscene profits. Because let’s not forget, this plant is part of Shell’s grand plan to flood the world with even more plastic—just what the planet desperately doesn’t need.

And hey, if you have any questions about their noble efforts, feel free to dial 844-776-5581. Maybe ask them about the air quality in the area, or how much of that lovely ethane cracker pollution is ending up in the Ohio River. Or better yet, inquire about how this multi-billion-dollar facility is doing its part to accelerate climate change while pretending to be a “good neighbour.” read more

Spills, Spies, and Lies: Shell’s Slick Exit from Nigeria

Mar 15th, 2025

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**Wall Street is an invisible partner in Shell’s plunder: happy to enjoy the spoils, deaf to the spoils of war Shell waged on Nigeria’s environment**

Cue the confetti: Shell is finally packing its bags after 87 years in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. But before anyone applauds, note that the oil giant is slipping out the back door largely to avoid cleaning up the monumental mess it created, all while still clinging to the profitable parts of the business. In a $2.8 billion “exit” deal announced in January, Shell agreed to sell its onshore Nigerian subsidiary to a local consortium called Renaissance. How noble—except Shell isn’t really riding off into the sunset. The company generously decided to loan the buyers $1.2 billion to help them purchase Shell’s assets and will pony up another $1.3 billion to fund future cleanup and gas projects. Why would an exiting company invest further? Perhaps because those projects conveniently benefit Shell’s remaining 25.6% stake in Nigeria’s gas enterprise. In other words, Shell is getting paid to “leave” while secretly keeping a foot in the door and a hand in the cookie jar. read more

Shell & Friends: The Carbon Kings Laughing Their Way to Climate Collapse

Mar 5th, 2025

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Shell & Friends Are Holding the Planet Hostage

You know the world is in trouble when just 36 fossil fuel companies—led by the usual suspects, like Shell, ExxonMobil, and Saudi Aramco—are responsible for half of the planet’s carbon emissions in 2023. That’s 20 billion tonnes of CO₂ in a single year, because apparently, making obscene amounts of money off the destruction of the planet is a team sport.

The Science vs. Shell’s Business Model (Guess Who’s Winning?)

Reality check: Global emissions need to fall by 45% by 2030 to even have a chance of keeping temperature rise below 1.5°C. Instead? Emissions are still rising, because these companies refuse to stop sucking every last drop of oil, gas, and coal out of the Earth. The International Energy Agency has flat-out stated that any new fossil fuel projects launched after 2021 are incompatible with reaching net zero by 2050. But Shell? Oh no, they’re still expanding production while paying lip service to “green energy” in their PR statements. read more

Shell’s Toxic Playground: Pennsylvania’s Lucky Residents Get a Front-Row Seat to Pollution

Mar 3rd, 2025

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Who Needs Clean Air When You Can Have Plastic?

Great news, everyone! If you live near Shell’s monstrous petrochemical complex in western Pennsylvania, you now have a fun new website to track the toxins floating through your air! That’s right—thanks to Shell repeatedly violating its air pollution permit (because following basic environmental laws is just too much to ask), a local advocacy group has launched a real-time air monitoring project to let residents know exactly what kind of filth they’re breathing in.

The Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC) has introduced “Eyes on Air”, a website displaying data from five new air monitors placed near Shell’s plastic-churning nightmare in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The monitors continuously track particulate matter, benzene, toluene, and other delightful air pollutants, giving residents real-time insights on whether it’s safe to step outside—or if today’s air is best enjoyed through a gas mask. read more

Shell’s LNG Delusion: Betting Big on a Market That Doesn’t Want It

Mar 3rd, 2025

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Nothing Screams “Strategy” Like Ignoring Reality

Ah, Shell—the ultimate sin stock, the champion of environmental destruction, and a firm favorite of investment giants like BlackRock and Vanguard—has once again graced the world with a vision of its glorious fossil-fueled future. This time, it’s an LNG pipe dream so detached from reality, you’d think they pulled it straight from an oil-stained magic eight ball.

According to Shell’s latest LNG outlook, the world is set to guzzle down up to 718 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas by 2040, a staggering 60% increase from today. Why? Because of Asia’s economic growth, the energy demands of AI, and the vague promise of “cutting emissions”—yes, you read that right, Shell is now selling fossil fuels as a climate solution. Comedy gold. read more

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Shell & BP Executives Indicted? Finally, Someone’s Asking WTF Are They Still Getting Away With?

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Shell’s Jungle Cat Pounces: 370 Million Barrels of Oil, and a Big Middle Finger to the Climate. Because if you’re Shell, “Net Zero” means “Not Now, Thanks.”

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