Shell in court over claims it hampered fossil fuels phase-out
Daniel Boffey in Brussels: Mon 30 Nov 2020 11.12 GMT
It will be heard that a cache of internal and external documents proves that Shell has known about climate change at least since the 1950s and has been aware of its large-scale consequences at least since 1986.
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A court in The Hague will hear claims that Royal Dutch Shell has broken Dutch law by knowingly hampering the global phase-out of fossil fuels, in a case that could force the company to reduce its CO2 emissions.