Expected low demand for fossil fuels is compelling major oil and gas companies - including BP, Total and Shell - to actively add invest in renewable energy projects.
Colin McEnroe (opinion): This CT city blocks McDonald s like suburbs zone out people
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The golden arches of a McDonald’s restaurant.Nati Harnik / AP
It turns out that McDonald’s is like climate change. You can slow it down, but you can’t stop it.
I refer to Farmington-Girard LLC v. Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Hartford, a case which - like Jarndyce v. Jarndyce in “Bleak House” has dragged on for years and has “become so complicated that no man alive understands it.”
The Hartford case was coming up on its tenth anniversary in 2022, but the state Supreme Court released an opinion this week that would effectively force the city of Hartford to accept a (now entirely theoretical) McDonald’s fast food joint with a drive-through window in the city’s West End. Somewhat amusingly, the McDonald’s decision was written by Justice Andrew McDonald and was previously ruled-upon by a judge named Berger, which sounds like “burger.” (T
Delhi Police Cyber Cell on Wednesday busted a syndicate run by a group of Chinese nationals who were stealing data and have cheated over 5 lakh Indians of ove
Shell looks set to dramatically shrink its oil and gas business, after its CEO Ben van Beurden said Wednesday that the company will look for ways to cut emissions and accelerate an energy transition.The comments come after a landmark ruling in a Dutch court last month. Shell plans to appeal the ruling that ordered it to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels, which is significantly faster than its current plans.But van Beurden said the court ruling applies immediately and cannot be suspended before the appeal.Earlier this year, Shell set out one of the sector's most ambitious climate strategies.It has a target to cut the carbon intensity of its products by 20% by 2030, by 45% by 2035 and by 100% by 2050 from 2016 levels.The court ruling called on Shell to cut its absolute carbon emissions, a move van Beurden had previously rejected. He said that would force Shell to scale back its oil and gas business, which accounts for the vast majority of its revenue.An