'Fundamentally flawed': ClientEarth launches legal action against Shell's board over climate plan

Cecilia Keating
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Shell Gannet Alpha oil platform in the North Sea | Credit: Shell-EPA
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Shell Gannet Alpha oil platform in the North Sea | Credit: Shell-EPA

Environmental law charity set to argue board of directors’ is putting company’s future prosperity at risk in first-of-a-kind legal case

ClientEarth has confirmed it has launched a legal action against the board of directors at Shell, which alleges that the oil and gas giant's climate strategy is insufficiently robust and as such is in...

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