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シェル社、オランダの環境団体から新たな石油・ガス事業の中止を求める訴訟を起こされる

-- ロイター通信は火曜日、裁判所文書を引用し、シェル(SHEL)がオランダの環境活動団体から新たな訴訟を起こされ、新規石油・ガスプロジェクトへの投資を直ちに中止するよう求められていると報じた。 「シェルは新たな石油・ガス田の生産開始を中止しなければならない。これは、シェルの気候変動を悪化させる活動から私たちを守るために必要なことだ」と、オランダの環境保護団体「ミリューデフェンシー」は訴状の中で述べているとロイターは伝えた。 同団体は先週、ウェブサイト上でシェルに対する法的措置を計画していると発表していた。 シェルはウェブサイトに掲載した声明で、この訴訟を「非現実的で不合理」「根本的に的外れ」だと批判した。 「再生可能エネルギーが普及するにつれて、今後数十年にわたって石油とガスが果たす役割を無視している」とシェルは述べた。 「現在の地政学的変化から、エネルギー転換が不可欠であることは明らかであり、ミリューデフェンシーの主張に同意する」とシェルは付け加えた。 「信頼性が高く、手頃な価格のエネルギーは、経済が機能し、産業が運営され、人々が基本的なニーズを満たすために不可欠である。」

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