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The Man Who Beat Shell: How an Unknown Lawyer Won Historic Suit Source: By Diederik Baazil and Hugo Miller, Bloomberg • Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2021
Attorney Roger Cox says oil industry executives should be held responsible for their companies’ carbon emissions
Roger Cox Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg
Royal Dutch Shell Plc hired a team of pricey lawyers for its defense against environmental activists in a Dutch court, and lost. A decade-old, $22 book might have upped their chances of winning.
“Revolution Justified: Why Only the Law Can Save Us Now,” is no bestseller, ranking in the mid-600,000s in Amazon’s Kindle store. But the book, by environmental lawyer Roger Cox, laid out arguments that were integral to his landmarkvictory over the Anglo-Dutch oil giant on May 26.