The TV chef will update food at service stations owned by Shell, which is one of the top ten global carbon emitters VALERY HACHE/AFP/GETTY IMAGESJamie Oliver has been criticised for signing a £5 million deal with Shell after years of campaigning for action on climate change. The TV chef, who teamed up with the UN Environment Programme in 2015, will update food at Shell’s British service stations. The company is one of the top ten global carbon emitters, responsible for releasing 1.67 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide since 1988, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project last year. Anna McMorrin, a Labour member of the Commons’ environmental audit committee, said that the move sent the wrong message given that “he has a lot of support from young people”. She visited the Arctic in August to see the effect of climate change and has told the…

Source: The Times December 18, 2018 01:07 UTC