Former Shell boss slams oil industry over slow progress on CCS

James Murray
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Carbon Trust chairman James Smith argues oil industry can play a role in a low-carbon world, but only if it starts to take CCS more seriously

James Smith, the former chairman of Shell UK who now serves as chairman of the Carbon Trust, has warned his former colleagues in the oil industry that they have to urgently step up investment in carbon...

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