OPINION: Big oil feels the heat in landmark week

Court loss for Shell and US supermajors' shareholder battles increase pressure on industry over emissions reduction

Landmark win: director of Dutch environment organisation Milieudefensie, Donald Pols, reacts as he walks outside a court in The Hague last week after the district court ruled that Anglo-Dutch multi-national Shell must reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030 — Landmark win: director of Dutch environment organisation Milieudefensie, Donald Pols, reacts as he walks outside a court in The Hague last week after the district court ruled that Anglo-Dutch multi-national Shell must reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030Photo: AFP/SCANPIX

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Published 1 June 2021, 07:34Updated 2 June 2021, 10:01