Royal Dutch Shell cuts ties with Alec over rightwing group's climate denial
by Karl Mathiesen in London and Ed Pilkington in New from on (#GRCE)
Shell joins BP in corporate exodus from membership of the conservative, free-market lobbying group, which continues to deny the science of climate change
Royal Dutch Shell have announced they will end their membership of the far-right American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) because of its continuing denial of the science of climate change.
In a statement released on Friday, a Shell spokesman said: "Alec advocates for specific economic growth initiatives, but its stance on climate change is clearly inconsistent with our own."
