Shell admits climate policy threat to profits

Will Nichols
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Oil major's 2013 Strategic Report highlights company will face project delays and higher costs unless it can reduce emissions

Perhaps fossil fuel companies are catching on to the climate change message after all. Oil giant Shell has this week followed its decision to shelve its plans to drill in the Arctic for one year by acknowledging...

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