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From Supermajors to Superminors: the fall of Big Oil
Shell is in trouble. BP is in trouble. So too is Exxon.
COVID-19 fallout threatens “long-term survivability” of Big Oil
Big Oil faces a new reality where “everything has changed.” Even their long-term survival.
As Shell spins a commitment to “net zero” by 2050, critics wave red warning flags
Shell, a company often vilified for being complicit in human rights abuses in Nigeria, of rampant pollution and ignoring the risks of climate change for decades, belatedly wants us to believe it is central to the climate fight.
Shell Criticized for “Cynical” Co-option of International Women’s Day
Shell’s latest grotesque greenwashing propaganda was put out for International Women’s day, when the company rebranded its logo to “She’ll”, along with the strapline: “#Makethefuture gender balanced.”
After 25 years, will the courts finally find #ShellGuilty?
2020 is the year that the chickens finally come home to roost for Shell. It can evade justice no more. It has run out of places to hide.
IEA scenarios may not stand the test of climate litigation: Dutch Supreme Court ruling (Shell should pay attention)
By Laurie van der Burg As the climate crisis wreaks havoc across the globe and we enter a decade that will make or break our ability to limit warming to 1.5°C, Big Oil continues to use the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) dangerous scenarios to justify major new investments in oil and gas, including in court. … Read More
In Remembrance of Ogoni 9: will the “Desk Killers” ever be brought to justice?
It is now 24 years since the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and other Ogoni in Nigeria in 1995. The Ogoni 9, as they are called, were murdered for their campaign against the oil giant Shell, whose rampant double standards and pollution had caused the Ogoni community to mobilise.
Ogoni 9: 24 years after their execution, court told by key witness: “Yes Shell bribed me.”
At a trial in the Hague, three witnesses testify they were bribed by Shell to give evidence against Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other Ogoni 9 in the nineties.
One Year After Landmark IPCC Report: We have to “Shut Big Oil down or face extreme climate disruption.”
“Rather than planning an orderly decline in production”, Big Oil is “doubling down and acting like there is no climate crisis. This presents us with a simple choice: shut them down or face extreme climate disruption.”