Shell refuses to save the Arctic, but its customers still could

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Brendan May argues progressive business leaders could create a market free from Shell's ecological vandalism

If Shell executives thought things had gone a bit quiet after the delay to their Arctic joyride last summer, they were soon corrected when the Greenpeace Shard protest happened earlier this month. Shell...

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