Fossil fuel divestment is rational, says former Shell chairman
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Fossil fuel divestment is rational, says former Shell chairman
Shell welcomes emissions trading delay
Oil and gas company Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan says the federal government's decision to delay its emissions trading scheme could be beneficial.
Exxon CEO Advocates Emissions Tax
ConocoPhillips and the U.S. divisions of BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have all supported a cap-and-trade solution.
Shell admits its carbon emission higher than total for whole of UK
Shell reaches 743m tonnes of carbon a year and rising
Are oil companies up to their ‘old tricks’?
Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, says that the proposed European Union scheme to force companies to pay for carbon emission permits previously handed out free threatens to destroy Europes petrochemical and refining industries. Mr van der Veer, whose company made a profit of $27.6 billion last year, thinks that the proposals would harm his struggling industry