Interview with Follow This about the oil crisis and the climate crisis

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The oil price has collapsed, and Shell is having to take drastic steps: sweeping layoffs and for the first time since World War II a lower dividend payout to the shareholders of the British/Dutch multinational. One of those shareholders is here with me in the studio. Mark van Baal, welcome.

Watch the interview about the oil crisis and the climate crisis, the role of the fossil fuel industry, and the crucial role of shareholders at De Nieuws BV.

 

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