April 4. 2018
An environmental campaign group on Wednesday threatened to take Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to court should it fail to comply with climate targets set out under the Paris Agreement.
“Friends of the Earth Netherlands announced today that they will take Shell to court if it does not act on demands to stop its destruction of the climate,” the group said in a statement, accusing the firm of being “among the ten biggest climate polluters worldwide”.
The group said Shell promotes gas as a “clean fuel”, as it cited research that “shows that Europe cannot continue to use fossil fuels including gas” and meet its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Shell did not respond to requests for comment from AFP on the threatened lawsuit.
According to Friends of the Earth’s Dutch chapter, Shell has two months to take action or else face legal action.
The group said in its statement that the threatened lawsuit—supported by Friends of the Earth’s European and international sections—was the first demanding climate action from a fossil fuels company.
“This ground-breaking case, if successful, would significantly limit Shell’s investments in oil and gas globally by forcing them to comply with climate targets,” the statement said.
Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth’s global office, said: “This case matters for people everywhere… With this lawsuit we have a chance to hold Shell to account.”
The threat comes a month after Amnesty International urged energy-rich Nigeria to re-open investigations into oil spills in its southern delta region after claims that Shell and Italian oil firm ENI misreported the causes.
Shell rejected the allegations, saying they were “false, without merit and fail to recognise the complex environment in which it operates”.
The energy giant in February said a major recovery in oil prices enabled it to nearly triple profits in 2017.
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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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