Just Stop Oil protest
(Picture: Just Stop Oil/Twitter)Fossil fuel giants are taking big steps to protect their events from climate protesters. Next month, oil firm Shell is having a glitzy farewell reception in central London for departing CEO Ben van Beurden, right, who has been at the company for 39 years, and in charge for nearly a decade.
But party-goers are being warned in no uncertain terms not to let details of the gathering leak to disruptors. An invitation reads: “Avoid talking about the event outside of work”, while all attendees will need ID passes to gain entry. One invitee told us Shell are “a bit worried activists might show up armed with a couple of cans of Heinz tomato and basil soup”.
