Shell slammed over "sustainable" tar sands advert

James Murray
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ASA rules advert claiming tar sands projects are part of a "sustainable future" is misleading

Oil giant Shell has once again had its knuckles rapped by the watchdog for overstating its green credentials after it claimed in an advert that its $10bn oil sands project in northern Canada represented...

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