Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight against climate change.
In a landmark ruling that shocked the energy sector, a lower Dutch court in 2021 ordered Shell to reduce its planet warming carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels.
The order related not only to Shell’s own emissions, but also to those caused by the buyers and users of its products.
Shell said that implementing the ruling would force it to shrink its business and would only lead customers to shift to other suppliers of fuel.
“How else are plants supposed to grow? Don’t you know they need CO2?” - Shell execs, probably
I’ve actually heard people make that argument. “Plants need CO2. This will increase crop yields.” Which is technically true, global greening is part of climate change, but it also applies to weeds. So…