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North sea oil exploration platforms lie, awaiting drilling contracts, in the Cromerty Firth in northern Scotland Sunday, March 2, 2003.

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A member of Shell staff on the Bonga offshore oil Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel off the coast of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011.

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Shell shareholders have agreed to back a resolution co-ordinated by Dutch shareholder activists Follow This.

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Shell announced plans to slow investments in renewable energy this year.

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In an open letter 'liked' by hundreds of colleagues, two employees criticised the fossil fuel giant’s lack of leadership in the energy transition.

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The Church of England Pensions Board said it had decided to divest its holding in Shell over what it said were insufficient net zero plans.

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23/06/2023

Shell is keeping its oil output steady into 2030, chief executive Wael Sawan announced yesterday.

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The oil and gas giant claims it has already hit its 2030 target, because it sold its interest in a Texan oilfield in 2021.

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Protesters who tried to storm the stage are taken out of the Excel centre in east London during oil giant Shell's annual general meeting in London, Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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Shell Chairperson Andrew Mackenzie was unable to start the meeting for more than an hour as protesters stood up, chanting and singing “Shut down Shell" and “Go to hell, Shell.”

23/05/2023

Climate protesters also attempted to storm the stage at Shell's AGM this morning.

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A new poll finds that most Brits think Shell should be forced to pay for climate damage.

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More than a thousand offshore oil and gas workers will go on strike.

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Shell, BP, and Total are ‘printing money’, unions urge as strike announced.

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Shell is being sued over its 'flawed' climate strategy with the backing of investors.

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Shell has reported record profits in 2022 - almost double what they were in 2021.

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An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya, February 2022. The Bahr Essalam Gas Field and Bouri Oilfield could be developed further by Eni.

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Google is ‘gaslighting’ users by taking advert money from big oil, a study has claimed.

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Ben van Beurden speaks at an event in January 2019. van Beurden has called for governments to tax energy firms to help the 'poorest'.

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Seized emails reveal how big oil companies really feel about the climate crisis.

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A giant puppet of a Snoek, a type of common local Mackeral, at a 2021 Cape Town protest against Shell seismic blasting

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Energy giant Shell has posted record profits for a second straight quarter as the company benefits from the soaring price of oil and gas fuelled by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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