Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Oil Companies Reluctant to Follow Obama’s Green Lead - NYTimes.com

But the world’s oil giants are not convinced that it will work. Even as Washington goes into a frenzy over energy, many of the oil companies are staying on the sidelines, balking at investing in new technologies favored by the president, or even straying from commitments they had already made.

Royal Dutch Shell said last month that it would freeze its research and investments in wind, solar and hydrogen power, and focus its alternative energy efforts on biofuels. The company had already sold much of its solar business and pulled out of a project last year to build the largest offshore wind farm, near London.
Oil Companies Reluctant to Follow Obama’s Green Lead - NYTimes.com
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