Royal Dutch Shell is #6 on the list of 90 companies responsible for 2/3 of greenhouse gas emissions since the dawn of the industrial era. Their cumulative emissions equal those of the country of 🇨🇦. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/just-90-companies-are-blame-most-climate-change-carbon-accountant-says https://twitter.com/Shell/status/1323184318735360001
Yes, everyone must do their part - starting with the biggest emitters. That means you, @Shell. https://twitter.com/Shell/status/1323308272439431168?s=20
Despite what the CEO of Shell claimed in 2019, eating food that's in season, avoiding fast fashion and recycling ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT when it comes to stabilizing climate change. Those actions will make no more than the tiniest of dents. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xqze/shell-ceo-ben-van-beurden-climate-change
Shell's CEO Wants You to Fix Climate Change

Ben van Beurden, who doubled his pay recently to ÂŁ17.2 million, thinks that more people should be recycling and eating seasonal fruit.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xqze/shell-ceo-ben-van-beurden-climate-change
What will make a dent? Replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. Energy companies potentially have a big role to play in that: but it doesn't start by chiding individuals about their habits. True change starts at home.
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