Shell and Greenpeace agree settlement after protesters boarded vessel
Environmental group to give ยฃ300,000 to charity and stay away from four North Sea platforms for at least five years
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Ten days in Syria that shook the Middle East
Was the astonishing implosion of Bashar Assadโs regime exclusively the result of its rottenness or did elements inside his government coordinate with rebels?
Shell and Equinor to combine UK offshore oil and gas assets
Companies say combination will play crucial role in securing energy supply for country
Paris prepares to host 50 heads of state at high-security reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral
Invite-only ceremonies Saturday and Sunday will launch the reopening of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral five years after fire reduced it to a shell. About 50 world leaders are expected on Saturday, while nearly 170 bishops from France and other countries…
Who were the biggest dunces? Final grades for von der Leyenโs first Commission
Whoโs at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
Ukraine probes massive malfunction of mortar shells on the battlefield
Officials say they will use foreign shells until they uncover why some of the latest Ukrainian-made batch donโt explode.
Kyivโs backers take comfort in Trumpโs Cabinet picks
Theyโre very cautiously optimistic that Trumpโs first national security nominees are bad news for Putin.
Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday (November 12) overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that “protection against dangerous climate change is a h…
Oil giant Shell wins appeal against landmark Dutch climate ruling
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday (November 12) overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that “protection against dangerous climate change is a h…
Shell wins landmark climate case against green groups in Dutch appeal
A court throws out a ruling that the gas and oil giant cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
Shell wins appeal against order to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Dutch court annuls order made against energy company in 2021
Competition poses the toughest test for climate chief Ribera
Climate expert Teresa Ribera’s second job policing subsidies and deals is real head-scratcher with some big political risks.
Can Trump be the New Reagan?
Eight years ago, at a post-election breakfast party we threw in POLITICOโs Brussels offices, I watched Donald Trump claim victory in a presidential election for the first time with shell-shocked European legislators and policymakers. The reaction in global capitals this Wednesday morning was very different. Anxiety in many, jubilation in some. But not shock. The [โฆ]
Make oil and gas companies foot the bill for Valenciaโs floods | Letters
Eva Saldaรฑa of Greenpeace Spain says the industry knew about climate change for more than six decadesYour editorial on Valenciaโs tragic floods (1 November) is correct that โweather events that used to be regarded as โnatural disastersโ are now, rightl…
Make oil and gas companies foot the bill for Valenciaโs floods | Letters
Eva Saldaรฑa of Greenpeace Spain says the industry knew about climate change for more than six decadesYour editorial on Valenciaโs tragic floods (1 November) is correct that โweather events that used to be regarded as โnatural disastersโ are now, rightl…
5 things to know about climate chief Wopke Hoekstraโs hearing
The Dutch politician defended green legislation but remained vague on future plans.ย
Shell companies, ghost ships and secret traders: How Russia circumvents Western oil sanctions
Le Monde reveals a large-scale system for circumventing sanctions on Moscow, orchestrated by several companies linked to Coral Energy, a company that works with France’s Sociรฉtรฉ Gรฉnรฉrale and TotalEnergies.
Europe has a real defense commissionerย โ just not one appointed by Ursula von der Leyen
The boss of Germany’s largest arms producer is a power player in Europe’s scramble to rearm.
Israelโs message to Hezbollah is falling on deaf ears
What was meant to preempt escalation into a full-blown war is having quite the opposite effect, despite both sides knowing full well that another war would make the conflict of 2006 look like a skirmish.
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days: What sheโs promised, what it means and what sheโll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
Saudi oil giant spends well over a billion on โsportswashing,โ new report says
Fossil-fuel companies are the new patrons of Big Sport, according to think tank New Weather Institute.
โIf they donโt die, our infantry willโ: Ukraineโs pivotal battle for Donetsk
Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advanceThe Russian soldiers sent to storm Ukrainian positions arrived at a graveyard. Around them was the ruined village of Mykhailivka. From abo…
European competitiveness in the energy transition: Shellโs views for the next EU cycle [Promoted content]
Bold policies and investments are needed to achieve climate neutrality and boost economic growth. Expanding electrification, creating the business case for pioneering low carbon solutions and energy security need to be at the core of political action, …
RT running covert military supply operation for Russian forces, US says
The state-backed media outlet has been sending weapons to Russian units, including sniper rifles and suppressors, body armor, night vision equipment and drones, according to State.
โDragon-Bearโ: How China and Russiaโs spy operations overlap in Europe
Beijing is recruiting agents among EU politicians who have demonstrated fealty to Moscow, underscoring their alignment, according to a senior European intelligence official.
ย โWeโre the only plane in the sky:โ 9/11 on board Air Force One
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
The great Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
Why the Kremlin loves social media
This weekโs indictment of a social media content firm shows how itโs getting easier and easier for Russia to influence U.S. elections.
Shell to cut hundreds of jobs in oil and gas exploration operations
Reduction of about a fifth of workforce in two subdivisions part of plan to slash up to $3bn in costs by end of 2025Shell is to cut hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration operation in the latest move by the chief executive, Wael Sawan, to sl…
The European Commission hopefuls with one thing on their mind
EU governments are battling for their people to get roles linked to the economy.
โI am so happy to see them!โ: fan mussels are back in Europeโs waters โ but can scientists keep them alive?
After a series of mass mortality events, it is more common to find these huge Mediterranean clams dead. Which is why the speciesโ โbiggest fangirl of allโ, Susan Smillie, is thrilled to see a thriving population in Greece I swim and I stare as my shado…
A paradise for corruption: Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret
The British Virgin Islands mix fun in the sun with dark money. Will the UK’s new Labour government act?
โThis is also about love!โ: the Ukrainian disability campaigner on the brink of reality TV stardom
Amputee war hero Oleksandr Budko will use his appearance as a contestant on The Bachelor to fight stigma โ and hopefully find a partnerOleksandr Budko doesnโt know exactly how he was wounded. Resting near the frontline with his mortar-fire support unit…
Democrats rally around Harris to replace Biden
Within hours of Bidenโs decision, dozens of Democrats had publicly released statements in support of Harris.
Biden in crisis
The president is isolating at his Delaware shore home as Democratic support appears to crumble around him.
Ukraine war briefing: Germany to halve military aid to Kyiv, draft budget reportedly shows
Weโll fight on regardless of Washington support, says Ukrainian defence minister; US jails Russian military parts smuggler. What we know on day 876Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025, to โฌ4bn, despite concerns over continued US s…
The never-ending job of depriving Putin of the means to kill Ukrainians
Vietnam and Malaysia are the next destinations on EU envoy David OโSullivanโs mission to stop Russia from beating EU sanctions.
Mass hacking and fundamental rights: a missed opportunity for the CJEU?
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Shell to take hit of up to $2bn on Rotterdam and Singapore sites
Oil firmโs warning comes after it had to halt work on Europeโs largest biofuel project and sell refinery in AsiaShell has warned investors that it will take an impairment charge of up to $2bn (ยฃ1.6bn) in its next set of results after it was forced to h…
Shell stops construction on one of Europeโs biggest biofuels plants
Halt comes weeks before plant was scheduled to start production as biofuels market deteriorates
Will Biden recover from his debate debacle? Hereโs what to watch.
The Biden campaign is scrambling after an abysmal debate performance.
โWe didnโt think it would last a monthโ: the story of the Shell Line
On a desolate stretch of the Suffolk coast, a trail of 10,000 painstakingly assembled shells tells a story of female friendship and hope
โBiden canโt do itโ: European politicians shocked by US presidentโs debate flop
Some call for rethink by Democrats and say continent must step up preparations for another Trump termBiden v Trump debate aftermath โ liveEuropean politicians, already drowning in multiple crises of their own, were left shell-shocked and aghast at Joe …
Ukraine war briefing: US and Russian defence chiefs speak amid recent rise in tensions
The conversation between Lloyd Austin and Andrei Belousov was the first such call in over a year. What we know on day 854The US and Russian defence chiefs spoke by telephone on Tuesday, in a rare conversation between the two powers and with tensions ri…
US expands sanctions threat against banks dealing with Russia
The sweeping new package of sanctions and export controls comes as President Joe Biden heads to the G7 meetings in Italy where leaders are poised to discuss ways to ratchet up pressure on Russia and boost support for Ukraine.
For King and country? Europeโs young may not be willing to fight
โThe price of unchecked tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave,โ Biden said at the Day-Day commemoration. But checking tyranny comes at a price โ and one the Westโs young donโt seem ready to pay.
Under a drone-filled sky, Ukraine tries to retake a town, one house at a time
Hardened Ukrainian veterans hope new supplies of US rockets will help push Vladimir Putinโs forces backThe two Russian soldiers jogged across an apocalyptic landscape. They kept going, zigzagging over a vegetable patch. At the intersection between Hoho…
The Guardian view on beach protests in the Balearics: locals need a better deal | Editorial
Across Europe, saturation tourism has had an environmental and social impact that needs to be addressedIn 2021, as the easing of Covid restrictions prompted a tentative recovery in Europeโs shell-shocked tourist industry, Spainโs Balearic Islands welco…
Number of UK grads opting for professional services is policy โfailureโ, says ex-Shell CEO
Peter Voser says university leavers let down by education system and governments that have neglected manufacturing
Is Franceโs far-right wunderkind Jordan Bardella the new face of Europe?
Slick, disciplined and a hit with young voters, the president of the National Rally is remaking the party in his image.
โFINISH THEM,โ Nikki Haley scribbles on Israeli artillery shell
The failed Republican presidential candidate wants the U.S. to do “whatever Israel needs” in its war on Hamas.
โInformation can be bent. Emotions are always honestโ: the film at the heart of Ukraineโs agonising evacuations
Ivan Sautkinโs work as a volunteer helping people to safety gave him rare access to the trauma faced by people forced from their homes. The director relives the challenges of making the film as it screens in CannesThereโs a moment in Ivan Sautkinโs new…
Satirical posters protesting Shellโs โlethal legacyโ replace 200 adverts across the UK
Activism collective Brandalism claims the fossil fuel companyโs tactics are โstraight out of Big Tobaccoโs playbookโ.
โFalse promises and phantom emissionsโ: How was Shell able to double its carbon credits in Canada?
Canadian taxpayers covered 93 per cent of the costs of the Quest carbon capture project, a Greenpeace report reveals.
Europeโs banks retreat from Moscow, with the ECB at their heels
A grinding, slow process nears its end.
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Slovaks crowd-fund ammo for Ukraine
“We will help Ukraine despite our pro-Russian government,” says Slovak campaign.
Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
The Westโs failure to send weapons to Kyiv is putting Putin on course for victory.ย
Shell says it โlobbies for energy transitionโ during climate ruling appeal
Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019Shell has argued that it โlobbies for, not against, the energy transitionโ on the final day of its appeal against a landmark climate ruling.The fossil fuel c…