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Governments and Big Oil were first. The next wave of climate lawsuits will target banks and boards

Nov 11th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Governments and Big Oil were first. The next wave of climate lawsuits will target banks and boards

Sam Meredith@SMEREDITH19 :PUBLISHED THU, NOV 11 20212:26 AM EST

GLASGOW, Scotland — Financial institutions and individual board members could be the next targets of climate litigation cases, according to the campaigners who helped to secure a landmark courtroom victory against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell.

It comes at a time when countries are scrambling to reach consensus in the final days of the COP26 climate summit. Negotiators from 197 countries are taking part in discussions with the goal of keeping the all-important global target of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive. read more

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Bill Gates predicts oil companies ‘will be worth very little’ in 30 years — here’s why

Nov 6th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Bill Gates predicts oil companies ‘will be worth very little’ in 30 years — here’s why

Tom Huddleston Jr: Published Sat, Nov 6 20219:30 AM EDT

If you’re looking for an extremely long-term stock pick from billionaire Bill Gates, here it is: Avoid Big Oil.

As the world moves away from fossil fuels and adopts more clean and renewable energy sources, oil giants that have dominated markets for more than a century could be in trouble, the Microsoft co-founder said in a briefing at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday. read more

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Britain’s fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near

Oct 19th, 2021
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Britain’s fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near

By Shadia Nasralla: Oct 19, 2021

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more reliant on imported fuel.

Britain’s Oil and Gas Authority said gas extracted from the British North Sea had an average emission intensity of 22 kg carbon dioxide equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent, while imported LNG had an average intensity of 59 kg. read more

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Democrats call on oil companies to testify on climate disinformation

Sep 17th, 2021
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Democrats call on oil companies to testify on climate disinformation

PUBLISHED THU, SEP 16 20212:54 PM EDT UPDATED THU, SEP 16 20213:59 PM EDT Emma Newburger@EMMA_NEWBURGER KEY POINTS
  • The committee called on top executives at ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell and lobbying groups American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to testify before Congress next month.
  • The committee also requested documents on the reported role of the oil and gas industry in a long-term campaign to spread climate disinformation and undermine climate policy.

The House Oversight Committee on Thursday expanded its investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in spreading disinformation about the role fossil fuels play in causing climate change.

Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Subcommittee on the Environment Chairman Ro Khanna, D-Calif., called on top executives at ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell and lobbying groups American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to testify before Congress next month. read more

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Exxon helped cause the climate crisis. It’s time they owned up

Sep 16th, 2021
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Exxon helped cause the climate crisis. It’s time they owned up

Mark Hertsgaard: Thursday 16 Sept 2021

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Royal Dutch Shell even anticipated the current wave of lawsuits: an internal study in 1998 forecast a scenario in which environmental groups would band together to file “a class action lawsuit on the grounds of neglecting what scientists, including [the industry’s] own, have been saying for years”.

Indeed, last May the Netherlands branch of the advocacy group Friends of the Earth won a landmark case against Shell. A Dutch court ordered Shell to bring its global operations in line with the Paris agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. This will require Shell to reduce both its own and its customers’ emissions by a staggering 45% from 2019 levels by 2030. Shell is appealing the ruling. read more

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Trustpilot Verdict on Shell Energy: Poor, pathetic, ignorant, liars and that’s just the start

Sep 6th, 2021
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Content sourced from recent customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.

6 Sept 2021

Poor Pathetic Incompetent

Poor, pathetic, ignorant, liars and that’s just the start.

My DD was increased without my knowledge and also first utility was taken over by shell energy and when I try to log in , I am being told I have no energy supplied by Dhell when I am clearly paying £250+ a month!!!! I called on Wednesday 1 September 3 times twice being put through to Bosnia first to Amar, then a very bored woman and then Ahmed in the UK. I’m was promised by Ahmed in the Uk that the service received in Vpsnia was appalling and he would clarify all my issues , he even took my mobile number in case we get cut off, after 36 mins of hold and in total ( whilst working ) an hour and a half on calls I was cut off , 72 hours later still waiting for a call back from Ahmed who will call me back straight away if we get cut off, I didn’t get cut off accidentally I was cut off on purpose!!
Today Saturday 4 september 2021 I rang again got through to Bosnia and another Baltic state who coudnt deal with my complaint even though I had a reference number. I got a bog standard email stating they have let the customer down this time and will do everything to rectify yet no idea what they are going to do?
I’m going to take my credit and my DD to another supplier albeit slightly expensive who can provide a service and assure the customer of promises made. No wonder the chief executive starts the call with a recording “ be nice to our staff etc etc” but the issue is they are incompetent
Monday is going to be the day when I tell them to get lost and the money I pay then over £2000 a year can go to a better supplier.
You want to make the customer second next well there is no loyalty anymore
Thd customer goes where the service is ! read more

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Big Oil’s bid to lure back investors with cash could ultimately fail

Aug 18th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Big Oil’s bid to lure back investors with cash could ultimately fail

… a ‘death knell’ for fossil fuels

Sam Meredith: PUBLISHED WED, AUG 18 2021 1:23 AM EDT

LONDON — The world’s largest oil and gas majors are seeking to lure back investors by returning more cash to shareholders. Market participants, particularly those looking to the long term, remain highly skeptical.

It comes at a time when oil and gas companies are raking in their highest profits since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic amid a sustained period of stronger commodity prices. read more

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Methane emissions from oil and gas are even worse than previously thought

Aug 18th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Methane emissions from oil and gas are even worse than previously thought

BY IRINA IVANOVA / MONEYWATCH

Recent research indicates that the fossil fuel industry is responsible for far more methane than previously believed.

Experts say slashing methane emissions

 is essential to staving off the worst effects of global warming, with the United Nations  read more

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Analysis: Benchmark of Big Oil on methane emissions shows ‘significant gap’ between reality and reporting

Aug 15th, 2021
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Analysis: Benchmark of Big Oil on methane emissions shows ‘significant gap’ between reality and reporting

By Terry Slavin – Editor, Reuters Professional: 

Geofinancial Analytics’s MethaneScan® benchmark scores the oil and gas producers based on observed methane emissions in the year to this July.

This first snapshot, of the top 15 producers, finds that oil super-majors Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron are the worst performers, followed by ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil and ExxonMobil. read more

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Shell Commences Major Divestment of Assets in Nigeria

Aug 1st, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Royal Dutch Shell Commences Major Divestment of Assets in Nigeria

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja JULY 31, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell has launched a major divestment of its Nigerian assets, especially those in the shallow water and onshore, several sources familiar with the matter said yesterday.

Sources close to the company disclosed that the oil giant had already hired Standard Chartered Bank to sell its Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) subsidiary, in deal which could be one of the hugest in the oil and gas industry in Africa ever. read more

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How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action

Jul 19th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action

Chris McGreal: Mon 19 Jul 2021 11.00 BST

When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles around the world to help offset the harm caused by burning fossil fuels.

On the same day, Shell issued a separate report revealing that its single largest donation to political lobby groups last year was made to the American Petroleum Institute, one of the US’s most powerful trade organizations, which drives the oil industry’s relationship with Congress. read more

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Big Oil’s increasing number of climate lawsuits draws parallels to Big Tobacco

Jun 25th, 2021
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Big Oil’s increasing number of climate lawsuits draws parallels to Big Tobacco

PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 25 20211:12 AM EDT: Sam Meredith
@SMEREDITH19

KEY POINTS
  • The prospect of a rising tide of climate litigation cases against heavy emitting businesses comes shortly after a landmark courtroom defeat for Royal Dutch Shell.
  • Since the turn of the century, more than 2,000 climate litigation cases were found to have been filed in a trend that is widely expected to have global implications for carbon-intensive companies.
  • Analysts believe this is merely scratching the surface of what is to be expected in the future — drawing parallels to the so-called tobacco trials of the 1950s and 1960s.

LONDON — Big Oil is likely to face an exponential increase in climate lawsuits over the coming years, a trend that analysts say is reminiscent of activists turning to the courts to take on the tobacco industry.

The prospect of a rising tide of climate litigation cases against heavy emitting businesses comes shortly after a landmark courtroom defeat for Royal Dutch Shell. read more

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Fossil fuels are definitively the new tobacco

Jun 7th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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HILL

Fossil fuels are definitively the new tobacco

BY ANDREAS KARELAS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 06/07/21 10:05 AM EDT 

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

Former hedge fund manager, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and investment guru Jim Cramer declared in January of last year he was “done with fossil fuels… we’re in the death knell phase. They’re tobacco.”

Not everyone was so sure about this at that time — but now there’s no disputing it. Fossil fuels are definitively the new tobacco, and we are witnessing a historic moment in real-time: The end of the fossil fuel age. Here are the latest markers of the fossil fuel industry’s accelerating implosion.  read more

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Shell’s historic loss in The Hague is a turning point in the fight against big oil

Jun 2nd, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Opinion
Fossil fuels
Shell’s historic loss in The Hague is a turning point in the fight against big oil

Tessa Khan

The oil giants that have helped drive the climate crisis are finally being forced to take responsibility for their actions

Tuesday 1 June 2021

On a rainy afternoon in The Hague, the district court delivered a judgment against Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of the Shell group. It refuted the excuses regularly relied on to continue extracting oil and gas and vindicated longstanding calls to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The court held that Shell’s current policy of merely reducing the “carbon intensity” of its products by 20% by 2030, and aiming to reach net zero by 2050, would contribute to climate impacts that endanger the human rights of the plaintiffs. read more

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Nigeria Inks Massive Oil Deal With Supermajors

May 27th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Nigeria Inks Massive Oil Deal With Supermajors

Editor OilPrice.com:

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation this week signed a deal with Shell, Exxon, Total, and Eni to develop an offshore oil block that includes the deepwater Bonga field, the NNPC said in a series of tweets.

The NNPC noted the deal marks a historic moment as it settles long-running disputes between the Nigerian government and international oil companies.

According to the company, the deal could unlock up to $10 billion in new investments in Nigeria’s oil industry. It could also add 150,000 bpd to the country’s oil production, bringing the total output from the block—Oil Mining Lease 118—to 350,000 bpd, Bloomberg reports. read more

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Big Oil Is In Desperate Need Of New Discoveries

May 10th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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Big Oil Is In Desperate Need Of New Discoveries

By Alex Kimani – May 10, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT

The year 2020 was a watershed moment for the fossil fuel sector. Faced with a global pandemic, severe demand shocks and a shift towards renewable energy, experts warned that nearly $900 billion worth of reserves–or about one-third of the value of big oil and gas companies–were at risk of becoming worthless.

Even Big Oil mostly appeared resigned to its fate, with Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) CEO Ben van Beurden declaring that we had already hit peak oil demand while BP Plc. (NYSE:BP)—a company that doubled down on its aggressive drilling right after the historic 2015 UN Climate Change Agreement--finally gave in saying “..concerns about carbon emissions and climate change mean that it is increasingly unlikely that the world’s reserves of oil will ever be exhausted.” BP went on to announce one of the largest asset writedowns of any oil major after slashing up to $17.5 billion off the value of its assets and conceded that it “expects the pandemic to hasten the shift away from fossil fuels.” read more

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