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"Shell Quits Trade Group Over Climate-Change Positions"

"But the oil giant stayed in the American Petroleum Institute despite “some misalignment.”"

"Citing differences over climate change, Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of an industry trade group called the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers.

Shell said that it was at odds with the refining and petrochemical group on the Paris climate agreement, carbon pricing, fuel mandates and the reduction of methane emissions.

But Shell decided to keep its membership in the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and seven other trade associations, despite what Shell called “some misalignment” between its views on climate policy and theirs. The company said it would try to change the positions of those groups."

Steven Mufson reports for the Washington Post April 2, 2019.

Source: Washington Post, 04/02/2019