Meeting rising energy needs while safeguarding the environment is one of the biggest challenges the world faces.
June
Alternative energy - Building on core competencies - June 2009
Shell's ways forward in the area of alternative energy will have a clear focus on biofuels and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
Biofuels Webchat - June 2009
On Tuesday April 7, Dr Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President, Future Fuels and CO2 discussed Biofuels in the fourth live Shell Dialogues webchat.
April
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Less carbon can mean more growth - April 2009
More than ten years ago, most countries joined an international treaty - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming.
The end of activism? - April 2009
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is the world’s oldest and largest environmental organisation.
March
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Canadians show support for oil sands development - March 2009
Seventy-one percent of Canadians believe oil sands can be developed while protecting the environment, but only half believe what oil and gas executives say in the media.
Getting greener with brown paper envelopes - March 2009
Shell Australia has recently made a decision to switch from the their traditional white paper envelopes, to a 100% recycled brown envelope.
Greenwashing? Or a CO2 strategy? - March 2009
NGOs call it 'greenwashing'. Scientists call it environmental responsibility. Within Shell we know it as the Energy Challenge. Three names, three approaches, ranging from the dismissive to the objective to the proactive. So who is right? And is it justified?
Shell Trading enters New Zealand emissions market - March 2009
Shell Trading has recently completed its first carbon allowance trade with a New Zealand business.
February
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Catching the wind: the search for energy storage - February 2009
Wind is a clean, renewable energy source with the potential to help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. But what happens when the wind stops blowing?
Stepping stones to a sustainable future - February 2009
Breakthrough extrusion process helps to turn used plastic bottles into luxury worktops.
January
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Northern Water Plant - January 2009
Construction of a major recycled water plant is planned to begin in early 2010 following management approval of agreements between Barwon Water and Shell Geelong Refinery.
