Court rules Shell Oil company must cut carbon emissions

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A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world's largest oil companies, must significantly reduce carbon emissions over the next nine years in order to comply with global targets laid out in the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The decision by a district court in the Hague is the first ruling that compels a company to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which scientists say are pushing global temperatures higher and causing a wide range of catastrophic consequences. The court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must cut its carbon emissions 45 percent by 2030 from 2019 levels, far greater than the company’s standing pledge to cut emissions by 20 percent by 2030.

“This is a turning point in history,” Roger Cox, a lawyer for Friends of the Earth Netherlands, one of seven environmental groups that brought the lawsuit, said after the verdict was read. “This case is unique because it is the first time a judge has ordered a large polluting corporation to comply with the Paris climate agreement. This ruling may also have major consequences for other big polluters."

In a statement, a spokesperson for Shell said the company planned to appeal the decision.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-rules-oil-company-must-cut-carbon-emissions-180930349.html

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1. I just saw this elsewhere.

"There are about 425 pending climate lawsuits in various countries and about 1,375 lawsuits in U.S. courts, according to the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School."