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McKibben on Shell in the Huffington Post

November 10, 2014

Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben slammed Shell as “among the most irresponsible companies on earth” in a recent keynote at a conference sponsored by the energy giant.

From the article:

Having just come from a climate conference sponsored by the Anglo Dutch oil giant, the irony of the juxtaposition certainly wasn’t lost on him:

They were the company that when it emerged that the Arctic had melted thanks to our efforts, they didn’t say: “Perhaps, we should stop what we are doing.” Instead it said: “Oh, this will make it easier to drill for more oil up in the Arctic.”

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  • It’s noticeable that US commentators usually criticise Shell or BP whilst Europeans pick on Exxon-Mobil. Is there really any difference between them ?