2023-11-09 05:00:45
Oil and gas company tries to silence environmental protection organization by demanding compensation and banning protests
Vienna / London (OTS) – Energy giant Shell has filed an intimidation lawsuit once morest Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International. Shell is threatening to claim damages of around eight million euros (8.6 million US dollars) unless Greenpeace commits to refraining from any protests on Shell infrastructure (platforms, freighters, company headquarters, etc.) in the future. As a global fossil energy company, Shell is one of the biggest causes of the climate crisis. Greenpeace calls on Shell to stop attempting to intimidate and instead take responsibility for the climate destruction caused. To do this, the company must stop drilling for oil and gas and pay its fair share of financing the damage and losses caused by the climate crisis.
“With its constant search for dirty oil and gas, Shell is fueling the climate crisis. It is our duty to protest once morest these fossil fuel crimes. But instead of recognizing the signs of the times and being part of the energy transition, Shell wants to silence us. But we will not remain silent,” said Marc Dengler, climate and energy expert at Greenpeace in Austria. “With this intimidation lawsuit, Shell shows once once more that international oil and gas companies are not prepared to stop their fossil fuel crimes on their own. The world’s governments must put a stop to the climate-damaging activities of oil and gas companies. At the world climate conference in Dubai they must finally decide to phase out coal, oil and gas.”
With the lawsuit, Shell is responding to a peaceful protest by Greenpeace Great Britain earlier this year, in which activists occupied a moving oil platform for 13 days to protest once morest the climate damage caused by Shell. The company claims it spent significant sums on lawyers and security measures to stop the protest and is now seeking reimbursement for those costs. An out-of-court settlement failed following Shell demanded a voluntary waiver of protests on its infrastructure from Greenpeace as a condition. Greenpeace Great Britain and Greenpeace International only agreed to such a waiver if in return Shell stopped its climate crimes and reduced its emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell has until the end of November to submit its final claim to court. Greenpeace Great Britain is now preparing for the upcoming court case. The lawsuit is one of the biggest legal threats to Greenpeace in the organization’s more than 50-year history.
Images from the Greenpeace protest once morest Shell can be found here
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Questions & Contact:
Marc Dengler
Climate and energy expert
Greenpeace in Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 664 881 722 05
Email: marc.dengler@greenpeace.org
Annette Stolz
Press spokesperson
Greenpeace in Austria
Tel.: + 43 (0) 664 61 26 725
Email: annette.stolz@greenpeace.org
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