The Sunday Times April 23, 2006
Whales could sink Shell’s EBRD loan
Tracey Boles
SHELL’s environmental record on the Russian island of Sakhalin has come under attack ahead of a crucial decision by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on funding for the oil company’s $20 billion (£11.2 billion) project on the island.
The oil giant’s subsidiary Sakhalin Energy has applied for a loan of hundreds of millions of dollars from the EBRD as part of a $6 billion package of financing for the second phase of its Sakhalin II project.
When complete, the offshore oil and gas project will deliver 9.6m tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year. It is central to Shell’s plan to recover from the reserves scandal in 2004.
The EBRD’s involvement would give credibility to the project, which infringes on the feeding grounds of the endangered western gray whale.
But the WWF, the former World Wildlife Fund, said Shell was starting work on new pipelines in two months’ time without knowing the full effect on the whale population. The WWF’s James Leaton said: “We want the suspension of the laying of the offshore pipelines this summer, otherwise it’s the end of the whales.”
The EBRD’s consultation on whether to grant the loan closes this week. Shell said: “We are confident in meeting the expectations of the EBRD’s board and believe the project is being built to world class standards. We have made significant progress on the key issues.”
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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