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Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal (www.carbonbrief.org)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Anytime a corporation makes a commitment that is not binding, you should consider that commitment entirely meaningless.

It should not get any press. You should not talk about it say anything about it or think about it.

At least not until they renege at which point you should shame them for making it in the first place.

If any of these companies were at all serious about their goals they would have some kind of a financial commitment to that goal. Some kind of a serious penalty for not achieving it. They would not have an escape hatch on it of any sort other than full on bankruptcy.

Shell was always completely unserious about these climate pledges. It was just advertising. And advertising for a fossil fuel company is a tool for selling more fossil fuels and nothing else, meaning these pledges weren't just unserious but they were actual lies and deceit.

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