The plaintiffs argue that Shell is therefore responsible for a share of the monetary damages. The lawsuit also seeks to pre-empt any claims of ignorance by pointing to internal #Shell memos from the 1990s that evince a clear-eyed understanding of the link between #fossilfuels & #climaticdisruption. Yet Shell expanded its fossil fuel production and financed disinformation campaigns to downplay climate risks
The Rai lawsuit isn’t the first legal entanglement Shell has faced