Stories tagged with Jeroen van der Veer
Shell Energy Futures
Posted by Jerome a Paris on January 25, 2008 - 11:23am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: climate change, Jeroen van der Veer, peak oil, post carbon, shell [list all tags]
Below the fold is the full text of an email sent by Jeroen van der Veer, the CEO of Shell, to all Shell employees, and explicitly meant for wider distribution. (Update: an almost identical version is now available on Shell's website)
It is a clear acknowledgement of the reality of peak oil, climate change and of the need for comprehensive policy changes, and is worth reading in full.
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