oil pollution

Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta | Environment | The Guardian

ZigZag — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:33:41 +0100

A three-year investigation by the United Nations will almost entirely exonerate Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years of oil pollution in the Niger delta, causing outrage among communities who have long campaigned to force the multinational to clean up its spills and pay compensation.

Source: Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta | Environment | The Guardian

Why campaigning on business and human rights in Canada?

vero — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:05:44 +0100

In pictures: Ten worst 'ecocides' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

vero — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:24:28 +0100

* Pollution ·
* Endangered habitats ·
* Waste ·
* Mining

and

**** human rights violations of communities affected.

Source: In pictures: Ten worst 'ecocides' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

vero — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:56:54 +0000

Curse of the Black Gold takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. Featuring images by world-renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi and text by University of California at Berkeley professor Michael Watts, this book traces the 50-year history of Nigeria's oil industry involvement

Source: Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

vero — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:59:59 +0000

Photojournalist Ed Kashi, documents the consequences of 50 years of oil extraction in the Niger delta.

Source: Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

Shell faces legal challenge over Arctic drilling | Business | guardian.co.uk

vero — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:46:17 +0000

Royal Dutch Shell's controversial plans to drill for billions of barrels of oil in the Arctic's environmentally sensitive frozen waters face a potentially damaging legal challenge.

An alliance of conservation and Alaskan indigenous groups has filed a legal claim to prevent Shell drilling for oil this year in the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea. Two years ago, Shell paid $2.1bn (£1.3bn) to the US government for 275 oil leases there.

Source: Shell faces legal challenge over Arctic drilling | Business | guardian.co.uk

Shell must face Friends of the Earth Nigeria claim in Netherlands | Business | guardian.co.uk

vero — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:57:10 +0000

A judge in the Netherlands has opened the door to a potential avalanche of legal cases against Shell over environmental degradation said to be caused by its oil operations in the Niger Delta.

Source: Shell must face Friends of the Earth Nigeria claim in Netherlands | Business | guardian.co.uk

Shell Clean Up Your Act in the Niger Delta

AILethbridge — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:44:42 +0000

Indigenous people from Canada talks about the damages of oil industry

vero — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:55:58 +0100

Mapping hell stations

vero — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:23:03 +0100

Join us as we target Shell on Google Maps, turning Shell stations into ‘hell stations’ to publicly highlight the damage Shell is doing in the Niger Delta

Source: Mapping hell stations

The case against Shell - The True Cost of Oil

vero — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:01:36 +0100

‘The Fattened Rump of Human Disregard’: Zena Edwards on Shell, Nigeria & Ken Saro-Wiwa

vero — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:28:23 +0100

Poet Zena Edwards to write and perform a new work, reflecting upon the role of oil companies in the deteriorating human rights situation in the Niger Delta.

Source: ‘The Fattened Rump of Human Disregard’: Zena Edwards on Shell, Nigeria & Ken Saro-Wiwa

The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples || Blog

vero — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:29:16 +0100

Centuries of racism and dispossession have denied Indigenous peoples around the world the opportunity to enjoy such basic human rights as the right of self-determination, the right to cultural identity, the right to life and the right to health.

Source: The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples || Blog

Justice for Lubicon Cree

vero — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:05:37 +0100

Protect the rights of the Lubicon Cree indigenous people

vero — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:46:01 +0100

The Struggle Continues - Shell v Wiwa Trial // Current

vero — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:50:17 +0100

15 years after the brutal and unlawful killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9 by the Nigerian Military Regime in cahoots with Shell, the battle for justice continues in New York City where Shell is to be tried for complicity in Human Rights abuses.

Source: The Struggle Continues - Shell v Wiwa Trial // Current

Two Reports + Amnesty’s Campaign on Shell

vero — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:05:32 +0100

Before Peter Voser becomes Shell’s new CEO on 1st July, his in-tray is already feeling the weight of a 143-page report from Amnesty International, and a critical report from the ShellGuilty coalition. The reports document Shell’s appalling impact on the human rights of oil-producing communities in Nigeria and Shell’s impact on the global climate, respectively.

Source: Two Reports + Amnesty’s Campaign on Shell

Poison Fire - a documentary from the Niger Delta.

vero — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:13 +0100

Remember Saro Wiwa: remembering the past, shaping the future

vero — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:19:57 +0100

When a settlement was announced in the landmark Wiwa v Shell case, Shell stated that it ‘had no part in the violence that took place’ , and denied any responsibility for the military crack downs in Ogoniland that led to the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues. This evening, the company’s denial of liability for human rights abuses came under fresh scrutiny.

Source: Remember Saro Wiwa: remembering the past, shaping the future

Malcolm Brinded - executive director of Royal Shell - about the Wiwa vs Shell settlement

vero — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:06:35 +0100

We knew the charges against us were not true. And we were confident that the evidence would have shown this – that Shell was not responsible for the tragic events of 10 November 1995. The execution of nine leaders of the Ogoni tribe shocked us all. And we wanted others to see and understand that too.

I am aware that the settlement may – to some – suggest Shell is guilty and trying to escape justice. Some newspapers have leapt to that conclusion. But we felt we had to move on. A court hearing would have dragged us backwards, dug up old feuds and painful memories, not only for the plaintiffs but for many others who have been caught up in the violence.

Source: Malcolm Brinded - executive director of Royal Shell - about the Wiwa vs Shell settlement

SHELL PAYOUT

vero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:55:00 +0100