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Heated email correspondence with Richard Wiseman, Royal Dutch Shell Plc

As usual I will ignore the gratuitous, libellous and insulting language you use about me.

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Carbon dioxide shale solution sought

Shell is convinced climate change is occurring and is pursuing everything from sequestration to pursuit of cleaner energy sources to address it in all of the company’s operations, Boyd said. A big part of the carbon footprint associated with oil shale development could come from the electricity needs such projects would create. Boyd said he expects Shell would use wind energy to help power its shale effort.

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Gold-plated retirements

In spite of losing his job, Sir Philip managed to hang on to a not insubstantial annual pension of almost £600,000.

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Payback time for culture of greed

Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive, Shell: £829,000.

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Call to EU for clean coal cash

The Sunday Times

1 March 2009

A CONSORTIUM including Royal Dutch Shell, Npower and Climate Change Capital has written to European Union leaders to urge them to commit to a €1.25 billion (£1.1 billion) funding package for clean-coal projects across Europe.

The group sent the letter amid worries that the EU was wavering in its support for so-called carbon-capture and storage (CCS) projects after €100m was cut from the original pledge. Two CCS projects could be built in Britain.

SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE

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Dark day for black stuff as Obama backs renewables

The change of direction includes a new tax from 2011 on offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf, where both Shell and BP have oil rigs, as well as higher fees for unused leases and for drilling permits.

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