Talk about a missed chance to make corporate bigwigs sweat!ĬlientEarth, wearing the cape of environmental justice, argued that Shell’s board was playing fast and loose with the planet’s future. This legal battle was a first-of-its-kind attempt to make directors pay for climate risk mismanagement. The Court of Appeal, in a move that screams “business as usual,” refused to hear ClientEarth’s lawsuit against Shell’s Board of Directors. In what reads like a plot from a dystopian novel, Shell, the poster child for ‘do as I say, not as I do’, has just wriggled out of a groundbreaking lawsuit. Will they ever be held accountable? Don’t hold your breath – unless you’re near one of their refineries, that is. In a world where even the courts seem to be looking the other way, Shell continues its merry dance, spewing emissions while promising a greener tomorrow.
