Royal Dutch Shell provoked a furious backlash from campaigners yesterday when it announced plans to scale back its renewable energy business and focus purely on oil, gas and biofuels. Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, said that Shell, the worldโs second-largest non-state-controlled oil company, was planning to drop all new investment in wind, solar and hydrogenย energy.
Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
Industry groups warn of โsupply shocksโ as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EUโs methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.
The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.
After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple โ as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
