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Greenpeace responds to Shell CEO calls for Carbon Pricing

Last edited 6 October 2015 at 11:16am
6 October, 2015

In response to Shell CEO call for carbon pricing in today’s speech at the Oil and Money Conference, Greenpeace campaigner Charlie Kronick, said:

“Carbon pricing is a costly distraction from meaningful action on emissions. While it appears progressive, the devil is in the detail.

“The oil industry’s support for climate action appears conditional on those actions having zero impact on its core business or its plans for unchecked expansion.

Article tagged as: Carbon Pricing, climate, shell

Fuelling Climate Crisis

Last edited 5 October 2015 at 7:20am
Publication date: 
5 October, 2015

Over the course of 2015 the oil industry - led by Shell - has sought to position itself as both the provider of "the path to prosperity" for the millions of people living in poverty and as the voice of "realism" and "practicality" in the debate on how to avert catastrophic climate change.

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Costly Coal - Standard Chartered's role in a coal project threatening the Great Barrier Reef

Last edited 5 August 2015 at 12:51pm
Publication date: 
5 August, 2015

UK bank Standard Chartered is the lead advisor on the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Australia. The project would be one of the biggest mines in the world and requires construction of one of the world's largest coal ports in the Great Barrier Reef. This briefing outlines the potential impact of the project on the Great Barrier Reef - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - and the key risks for Standard Chartered from its involvement.

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Frozen Future: The gaps in Shell's Arctic spill response

Last edited 13 April 2015 at 6:08pm
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13 April, 2015

Shell is currently moving its drilling rigs to Seattle in anticipation of resuming its US offshore Arctic drilling programme in July. However, it is far from clear that Shell has adequate physical or financial plans to deal with the impacts of a major oil spill in this remote region. 

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Article tagged as: arctic, climate, oil, shell

Frozen Future: Shell and the US offshore Arctic

Last edited 16 February 2015 at 12:05pm
Publication date: 
13 February, 2015

On 29 January 2015, Royal Dutch Shell confirmed that it intends, subject to regulatory approval, to resume its US Arctic drilling programme at a cost for 2015 of at least $1bn. To date, Shell's Arctic programme has been a failure despite capital expenditure in excess of $6bn. 2012's drilling season beset by multiple operational failings was followed by a 'pause' for 2013 and a forced reversal of 2014 plans because of a US court decision.

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Article tagged as: arctic, briefing, climate, investment, oil, report, shell

Investor briefings

Last edited 13 March 2017 at 11:57pm

Fossil fuel companies are increasingly coming under pressure from investors. Together with Platform and ShareAction we have worked to challenge the industry's business model for several years. We have developed a unique risk matrix that allows us to analyse macroeconomic risks as well as technical, legal and regulatory challenges in high risk projects, such as offshore Arctic drilling. 

Article tagged as: arctic, briefing, climate, investors, polar

Costly Coal - Shareholder risk in Coal India

Last edited 3 December 2014 at 11:21am
Publication date: 
3 December, 2014

Investors will soon be offered further equity (an FPO of 10 per cent) in the Indian Government majority-owned Coal India Limited (CIL).

This FPO will likely position investing in Coal India as an “opportunity” for investors in a robust emerging market, on the basis of widely held assumptions regarding India’s continued reliance on thermal coal for power generation; and it having among the largest, lowest priced coal resources in the world.

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Article tagged as: briefing, climate, coal, energy, fossil fuels, india, investment, report

Government must tackle causes as well as effects of flooding

Last edited 2 December 2014 at 11:49am
2 December, 2014

In response to announcements on flood spending and the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, Dr Doug Parr Greenpeace Chief Scientist said:

Article tagged as: climate, flooding, government

Green Climate Fund - Greenpeace response

Last edited 20 November 2014 at 2:39pm

UK government pledges £720 million

20 November, 2014

In response to the UK government committing to give £720 million to the UN's Green Climate Fund, Ruth Davies, Policy Director at Greenpeace UK, said :

"This investment in cleaner and smarter development is a vital step towards securing a new global climate deal. It also makes sound economic sense. Helping counties prepare for the impacts of droughts and floods will reduce the amount of support needed to manage the impacts of extreme weather in the future.  Clean energy in developing nations can deliver access to basic services for millions, without increasing climate pollution."

ENDS

Article tagged as: climate, DECC, ed davey, UN