April 4, 2018
Dutch green group Milieudefensie says it will take oil giant Shell to court unless it adapts its business strategy in line with the climate goals of the Paris agreement.
Milieudefensie, also known as Friends of the Earth Netherlands, says it has given Shell eight weeks to make the relevant changes or face legal action. The group has drafted in lawyer Roger Cox, who won a 2015 climate case against the Dutch government, as legal counsel. ‘
This is the first time that legal action has been used to pressure a company to change its business model to avert catastrophic climate change,’ the organisation said.
‘Many of us are doing our best to put an end to the climate problem’, Milieudefensie director Donald Pols said in a statement. ‘Meanwhile, Shell continues to invest in new oil and gas sources. Shell, just like the rest of us, should take responsibility and stop wrecking the climate’.
If Shell does not take action, ‘we’re going to still be shackled to oil and gas beyond 2050 and won’t meet the climate goals,’ Pols said. The organisation says that while Shell is investing in sustainable energy resources, they only account for 5% of investments.
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Milieudefensie is asking Dutch citizens to sign up to support the case.
There are already several other lawsuits worldwide attempting to hold fossil fuel companies, including Shell, accountable for their contributions to climate change, but most are focused on financial compensation.
For example, In January, New York went to court to claim compensation from the five largest oil companies, including Shell, for dramatic climate change impacts.
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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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