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In 2021, [[Netherlands]] officials told Shell to stop running a campaign which claimed customers could turn their fuel "carbon neutral" by buying offsets, as it was concluded that this claim was devoid of evidence.<ref>{{Cite web|last=George|first=Sarah|date=2 September 2021|title=Shell's carbon offsetting ad is greenwashing, rules Dutch watchdog|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/shells-promotion-of-carbon-offsets-is-greenwashing-rules-dutch-watchdog/|access-date=24 February 2022|website=www.euractiv.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224125056/https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/shells-promotion-of-carbon-offsets-is-greenwashing-rules-dutch-watchdog/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Netherlands Officials Tell Shell to Stop Greenwashing Ad Campaign|url=https://gizmodo.com/netherlands-officials-tell-shell-to-stop-its-ads-greenw-1847613583|access-date=24 February 2022|website=Gizmodo|date=3 September 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224125056/https://gizmodo.com/netherlands-officials-tell-shell-to-stop-its-ads-greenw-1847613583|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2022, [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee]] Chair [[Carolyn Maloney]] and [[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment|U.S. House Oversight Environment Subcommittee]] Chair [[Ro Khanna]] sent a memorandum to all House Oversight and Reform Committee members summarizing additional findings from the committee's investigation into the fossil fuel industry disinformation campaign to obscure the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, and that upon reviewing internal company documents, accused Shell along with [[BP]], [[Chevron Corporation]], and [[ExxonMobil]] of [[greenwashing]] their [[Paris Agreement]] [[carbon neutrality]] pledges while continuing long-term investment in fossil fuel production and sales, for engaging in a campaign to promote the use of natural gas as a clean energy source and bridge fuel to renewable energy, and of intimidating journalists reporting about the companies' climate actions and of obstructing the committee's investigation, which ExxonMobil, Shell, and the [[American Petroleum Institute]] denied.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=9 December 2022|title=Democratic lawmakers accuse big oil companies of 'greenwashing'|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/09/democratic-lawmakers-accuse-big-oil-of-greenwashing.html|access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|last1=Maloney|first1=Carolyn|last2=Khanna|first2=Ro|title=MEMORANDUM – Re: Investigation of Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation|date=9 December 2022|publisher=U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee|url=https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-12-09.COR_Supplemental_Memo-Fossil_Fuel_Industry_Disinformation.pdf|access-date=10 December 2022|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228070207/https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-12-09.COR_Supplemental_Memo-Fossil_Fuel_Industry_Disinformation.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=The Power of Big Oil|title-link=The Power of Big Oil|series=FRONTLINE|series-link=Frontline (American TV program)|network=[[PBS]]|station=[[WGBH-TV|WGBH]]|season=40|number=10–12|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/
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