Shell Oil

Youth Activists Confront Shell CEO At TED Talk

October 16, 2021 Abbi Garton-Crosbie, The National. Resist! climate crisis, Shell Oil, TED talk, Youth Activism

Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED Countdown conference in Edinburgh which was hosting a panel discussion with Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden. The activists say they raised concerns with TED Countdown organisers that a fossil fuel company, like Shell, has no place speaking at an event that positions itself as a “global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis". Despite calls from activists to remove van Beurden from the panel, he was allowed to retain his speaking slot on the main stage. One young activist, only named as Lauren, was invited onto the stage and used the opportunity to criticise Shell and Siccar Point Energy for steaming ahead with the Cambo oil field during the climate crisis.

Keep Big Oil Out Of Public Science

August 11, 2021 Alice Procter, Tribune Magazine. Educate! Corporatism, Science and technology, Shell Oil

It feels so tired to be going through another museum sponsorship drama. Accepting money from a fossil fuel company? In this climate? How quaint. We’ve had this conversation before; we know that corporations use relationships with museums and arts institutions to launder their reputations. Pharmaceuticals, weapons, and pollutants get washed away by these wholesome acts of public philanthropy. The Science Museum Group’s longstanding relationship with Shell has been the subject of controversy and protest for years. There is a particularly glaring hypocrisy in such a catastrophic polluter as Shell sponsoring an exhibition about carbon capture and the future of climate change, but that kind of brazen behaviour is barely shocking enough to make major headlines.

For The First Time, Big Oil Is Held Liable For Climate Change

May 27, 2021 Paola Rosa-Aquino, New York Magazine. Resist! Accountability, Big Oil, climate crisis, Shell Oil

A Dutch court on Wednesday ruled Royal Dutch Shell must dramatically reduce its carbon emissions because of its contributions to climate change, the first time a fossil-fuel company has been held legally liable for its role in heating up the planet. The landmark decision could set a precedent for similar cases against oil, gas, and coal industries. The Hague District Court ruled that the energy giant has a “duty of care” to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and that its current reduction plans are not concrete enough. According to the court’s judgment, the company must slash its emissions by 45 percent by 2030, from 2019 levels, to meet global climate goals under the Paris Agreement — a much higher reduction than Shell’s current aim of lowering its emissions 20 percent in that same amount of time.

Scientists disrupt opening day of Shell-sponsored ‘Our Future Planet’

May 19, 2021 Staff, Extinction Rebellion Resist! climate crisis, Extinction Rebellion, Protests, Shell Oil

At 10:30 AM on Wednesday 19th May, a group of scientists from Extinction Rebellion locked themselves to a mechanical tree in the Science Museum, the centerpiece of the Shell sponsored Our Future Planet exhibition. The group, who used bicycle cables and D-locks to lock themselves inside the exhibit on the opening day, explained that the decision by the Science Museum Group to continue to accept Shell sponsorship gives legitimacy to the fossil fuel giant’s planetary destruction. The group took great care not to damage the exhibit and to respect safety regulations.

Ditch Shell

May 5, 2021 Scientists for Extinction Rebellion, The Ecologist. Resist! climate crisis, Extinction Rebellion, Scotland, Shell Oil

As a community of scientists working across many different disciplines, we are passionate about passing on the wonders of science to future generations. Many of us were inspired as children by eye-opening experiences at the Science Museum. We truly believe it is world-class. One of the most significant and inclusive aspects is that free entry allows access to anyone. In short, we love the Science Museum. After a year of a pandemic and with two major COP summits on the horizon, we are excited to see the museum reopen with a landmark exhibition on the climate emergency and what to do about it. But it is with great disappointment that we see the museum would allow its reputation to be tarnished by allowing this exhibit to be sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell.

Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills

February 2, 2021 Al Jazeera. Educate! Farmers, Nigeria, Shell Oil, The Hague

A Dutch court has ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, a ruling which could pave the way for more cases against multinational oil firms. The Court of Appeal in The Hague on Friday ruled that the Nigerian arm of the British-Dutch company must issue payouts over a long-running civil case involving four Nigerian farmers who were seeking compensation, and a clean-up, from the company over pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines. It held Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary liable for two leaks that spewed oil over an area of a total of about 60 football pitches in two villages, saying that it could not be established “beyond a reasonable doubt” that saboteurs were to blame.

South Pasadena Sues Dow Chemical And Shell Oil

September 12, 2020 Scott Schwebke and Steve Scauzillo, Pasadena Star News. Resist! California, Dow Chemical, health, Shell Oil, Water Pollution

The city of South Pasadena is suing The Dow Chemical Co. and Shell Oil Co., alleging that for more than four decades both firms willfully manufactured a pesticide containing a cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated the municipality’s drinking water supply. The 25-page complaint, filed last month in U.S. District Court, contends that from the 1940s to 1980s Dow and Shell marketed a pesticide containing the chemical 1,2,3-trichloropropane, also known as TCP.

Shell AGM Targeted Throughout Europe

May 20, 2020 Code Rood. Resist! climate crisis, European Union (EU), Fossil Fuels, Shell Oil

The Hague– After a night of autonomous decentralised actions, the group ‘Shell Must Fall!’ protests in front of the Shell Headquarters in the Hague during their annual shareholders meeting. Decentralised actions have taken place in several Dutch cities, as well as in Belgium, Czechia and Germany. The disastrous impacts of Shells business as usual have been spray painted on tankstations, banners have been dropped, slogans have been chalked. Right now, three petrol stations are occupied in Prague. Amongst other places, more protest will take place in Denmark and Portugal later in the day. The protestors demand public decommissioning of Shell, because the company continues to choose profit over climate, nature, and lives.

Shell To Pay Up For Contaminating Groundwater In California

September 3, 2019 Ruth Milka, Nationofchange.org Resist! California, Contamination, Shell Oil, Water

Shell Oil Company was ordered this week to pay $63 million in damages for polluting groundwater in the city of Atwater, California. A jury this week found the corporation liable in the four-month trial over a lawsuit filed against the company for their role in releasing the highly toxic chemical 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) into the groundwater. Shell was accused of marketing a nematicide, a chemical used by farmers to kill worms in the soil, to the public without revealing that it contained TCP. The nematicide was widely used by farmers in Atwater on agricultural lands, leading to contaminated groundwater.

Nigerian Villagers Will Take On Shell In Supreme Court Show-Down

August 1, 2019 Phil Miller, Morningstaronline.co.uk Resist! Class Struggle, Nigeria, Shell Oil, Supreme Court

TENS of thousands of Nigerian farmers and fishermen have been granted permission to challenge oil giant Shell at the supreme court in London. Villagers from the Niger Delta’s Bille and Ogale communities allege that oil leaks from Shell’s pipelines have polluted their land and water for decades. They will argue that Shell’s headquarters in London is legally responsible for environmental failures by its subsidiary in Nigeria. King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, the ruler of the Ogale community, said: “The English courts are our only hope because we cannot get justice in Nigeria. So let this be a landmark case.”

Shell Oil Executive Boasts That His Company Influenced The Paris Agreement

December 10, 2018 Kate Aronoff, Theintercept.com Educate! Climate Change, Paris Agreement, Shell Oil

The executive, Shell’s Chief Climate Change Adviser David Hone, made his comments at the international climate change conference COP 24 on Friday. Hone was candid about just how much of a hand his company — through their involvement with the International Emissions Trading Association — had in writing the Paris agreement. The agreement is the centerpiece of the conference in Poland, where delegates are trying to draft a rulebook for how to implement it. IETA is a business lobby comprised of corporations including fossil fuel producers that pushes for “market-based climate solutions,” including at United Nations climate talks.

California City Wins $22 Million Against Shell Oil Over Toxic Drinking Water

December 28, 2016 Andrea Castillo, www.mcclatchydc.com Resist! California, Oil & Gas, Shell Oil, Water Pollution

By Andrea Castillo for McClatchy DC - The city of Clovis won its more than three-month-long civil trial against chemical manufacturing giant Shell Oil Co. over the cleanup of a toxic chemical found in drinking-water wells around the city of 108,000 people. The chemical is 1,2,3-trichloropropane, or TCP, which is a waste product from making plastic. TCP was in farm fumigants last used in the 1980s, which were injected into the ground to kill tiny worms called nematodes. A jury on Wednesday awarded the city nearly $22 million, finding that Clovis residents were harmed by the design of the fumigant, that Shell did not prove the benefits of its product outweighed the risks, and that those risks were known at the time it was sold.

Mosquito Fleet Escalates Water-Based Protests Against Shell

June 1, 2016 Kit O'Connell, www.mintpressnews.com Resist! Protests, Shell Oil

By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - ANACORTES, Washington — After years of marches and land-based blockades, environmental activists are now taking to the seas to stop the growth of the fossil fuel industry and protest the environmental threats facing them. Inspired by actions last year against Shell Oil Co.’s plans to drill in the Arctic Circle, which included a kayak-based blockade, activists in the Pacific Northwest are forming a new “Mosquito Fleet” — a swarm of tiny boats that they hope will have a big impact by acting together.

Did Shell’s Failure To Disclose Climate Risks Break The Law?

March 8, 2016 David Hasemyer, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Environment, Law, Shell Oil

By David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News - Three members of Congress have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Shell Oil Co. violated securities laws by failing to adequately disclose material business risks from climate change. Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by California Democrat Ted Lieu, said in a letter to the SEC that Shell understood the consequences of climate change and made business decisions based on that knowledge.

Bye Bye To Shell’s Polar Pioneer

December 27, 2015 John Servais, www.nwcitizen.com Resist! Arctic drilling, Climate Change, Environment, Oil and Gas, Shell Oil

By John Servais for Northwest Citizen. Merry Christmas and Seasons' Greetings. The Grinch has left the building. We can all breath a bit easier. The huge Shell Oil floating drill platform is - as I write this - going west out the Straits of Georgia, leaving us for good at a speed of 11 mph. Bye bye. The Port Angeles newspaper, the Peninsula Daily News, has been watching and reporting on the oil rig for the past week and you can read the full story there. There are links to the specific articles below this post. The photo above shows actually two vessels - the yellow legged Shell drilling rig Polar Pioneer that normally floats and is towed by tugs - and the Dockwise Vanguard, one of the largest vessels in the world that is carrying the drilling rig.

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