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May 25, 2022

Climate Activists Disrupt Shell Shareholder Meeting
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Roughly 40 climate activists disrupted Shell's annual shareholder
meeting Tuesday in London. Three protesters were arrested, and Shell was
forced to temporarily suspend the event. Climate activist Lauren Mac
Donald spoke outside the meeting.

Lauren Mac Donald: "Whilst millions of people have just been placed into
fuel poverty in the U.K., Shell has just announced a record 7 billion
pounds in profit for Q1 this year. This is completely outrageous. And we
need a windfall tax now. We need the U.K. government to impose a
windfall tax on these obscene profits whilst millions are struggling,
and we need that money to be redistributed to the people that need it
the most."



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