Safety consultant in U.K. quits Shell for 'double talk' on climate

A longtime contractor for British multinational Shell has publicly called out the oil and gas company’s climate plans, accusing it of “double talk” by saying it wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions while working on tapping new fossil fuel sources.

Caroline Dennett, who’s based in the U.K. and says she consulted Shell on safety issues for over a decade, said Monday she was ending her links with the company and urged others in the fossil fuel industry to do likewise.

“I’m quitting because of Shell’s double talk on climate,” Dennett said in a public post on the business networking site LinkedIn.

“They know that continued oil