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It would be weird if Royal Dutch Shell blacklisted the Netherlands. They might very well do a Unilever [1] and re-register as a UK only business. But since thi
by Melkman 5y ago
It would be weird if Royal Dutch Shell blacklisted the Netherlands. They might very well do a Unilever [1] and re-register as a UK only business.
But since this is also based on EU law they'd basically have to leave all their business in the EU. Which would probably reduce their carbon footprint by the requested amount. ;-)
Also BP, Exxon, Mobile and other petro companies: Better watch out since the chance of lawsuits like this agains them is pretty big.
An in an other also:
EU is struggling [2] to reach reductions in CO2 emissions. This can help a little.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/11/unilever-picks-london-as-its-home-over-rotterdam https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/11/unilever-pi...
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-07/eu-says-carbon-price-has-to-be-much-higher-to-hit-climate-goal-koe3n7ij https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-07/eu-says-c...