Activists Sue Shell Over Emissions, Again
Environmental activists on Tuesday launched a new lawsuit against Shell in the Netherlands, demanding that the supermajor stop bringing new oil and gas fields on stream to avoid additional emissions. Friends of the Earth – the Netherlands, or Milieudefensie, delivered the summons to Shell on Tuesday, in the second such case against the oil and gas major in the country. In 2024, a Dutch court of appeal handed a victory to Shell in the first landmark climate case, overturning a lower court ruling that had obliged the supermajor to slash its…