Shell Climate Appeal Sees Dutch Group Push for Tougher Rules
- Milieudefensie says Shell shouldn’t sell assets to hit target
- Shell lawyers are seeking to overturn the 2021 climate ruling
Oil processing and refining structures at the Shell Plc Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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A Dutch environmental group is pushing for a stricter interpretation of the landmark 2021 court order for Shell Plc to slash its carbon emissions, seeking to turn the company’s appeal of that verdict to its advantage.
At a hearing in The Hague on Friday, Milieudefensie, the Netherlands branch of Friends of the Earth, argued that Shell shouldn’t be allowed to simply sell assets to comply with the order to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030. The company should also be prevented from using carbon capture and storage to achieve the reduction, the environmental group’s lawyer Roger Cox told the court.