Royal Dutch Shell PLC, for example, is working on a project in the Netherlands, near Barendrecht, and has faced massive protests, said Ms. Groenenberg in a telephone interview. Local decision makers quashed the project, but the national government overruled them. The local politicians, she said, may turn to the courts to block Shells project.
Carbon Trading
Is this our Great Green Hope?
Shell welcomes emissions trading delay
Oil and gas company Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan says the federal government's decision to delay its emissions trading scheme could be beneficial.
Shell Oil favours carbon cap-and-trade
Shell Oil president Marvin Odum came out in favour of so-called carbon cap-and-trade as part of a long-term solution for handling carbon emissions but advised a gradual phase-in for successful implementation.
State intervention vital if Britain is to meet its green energy targets, says former BP boss
Britain must revert to greater state control of energy markets to hit ambitious targets on renewable energy and climate change, according to the former head of BP.
Woodside Remains Dismayed at Australia Carbon Plan
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Woodside Petroleum Ltd., operator of Australias biggest liquefied natural gas project, said it remains dismayed that the countrys carbon trading plan fails to recognize the contribution of gas to cutting emissions.
One last chance to save mankind
With his 90th birthday in July, a trip into space scheduled for later in the year and a new book out next month, 2009 promises to be an exciting time for James Lovelock. But the originator of the Gaia theory, which describes Earth as a self-regulating planet, has a stark view of the future of humanity.
Shell Weighs Green Project
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Dutch utility Essent NV said Monday they have agreed to study the feasibility of a 1,000-megawatt power plant in the Netherlands from which carbon-dioxide emissions would be captured and stored underground.
Rudd’s carbon flop
Last week, the Monash Energy venture, a $5 billion project sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo American to convert coal from Victorias Latrobe valley into cleaner liquid fuel was suspended because of rising costs.
The fools gold of carbon trading
The complexity naturally means the system is open to abuse. Last year The Sunday Times revealed how SRF, an Indian company that produces refrigeration gases at a sprawling chemical plant in Rajasthan, stood to make £300m from selling certificates to overseas companies including Shell and Barclays.
Shell says EU carbon plan may harm refinery
European Union plans to tighten carbon trading rules after 2012 risk damaging the global competitiveness of Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research,Stock Buzz) Pernis refinery, a Shell executive told a newspaper published on Saturday. Rob Routs, Executive Director of Downstream (oil products and chemicals), said the oil major was concerned about the consequences for Europe's biggest oil refinery if the EU pursued its plans without the United States and China on board.
Market chaos won’t slow carbon scheme-Australia PM
Woodside, 34 percent-owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, said on Monday no projects would be shelved, but Voelte warned emissions trading would bring more unrest to Australia's economy and could cost jobs.
Attack on Australian carbon trading scheme
Woodside, which is 34 per cent owned by Royal Dutch Shell, said the A$15bn (US$14.6bn, £7.3bn, 9.2bn) LNG export industry was unlikely to qualify for free permits under a scheme that proposes two levels of assistance for heavy emitters