Shell must match the Nigerian government’s new commitment to tackle oil pollution in the Niger Delta by dramatically improving how it cleans up spills, Amnesty International said today. President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on Wednesday of a trust fund to pay for the clean-up of the Ogoniland region in the Niger Delta is welcome, but if…
Shell must match the Nigerian government’s new commitment to tackle oil pollution in the Niger Delta by dramatically improving how it cleans up spills, Amnesty International said today. President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on Wednesday of a trust fund to pay for the clean-up of the Ogoniland region in the Niger Delta is welcome, but if…
Photo credit: Amnesty International Decades of unchecked Niger Delta oil spills could cost Royal Dutch Shell billions in compensation and clean-up costs, Amnesty International warned investors as the Anglo-Dutch oil giant publishes its profits figures for the first quarter of 2015. The United Nations Environment Programme estimated that $1 billion is needed for the first…
Oil giant Shell’s long-overdue compensation pay out to a community devastated by oil spills in the Niger Delta is an important victory for the victims of corporate negligence, said Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development today. Six years after two oil spills destroyed thousands of livelihoods in the Bodo area, legal…
Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two major oil spills at Bodo in Nigeria in an attempt to minimize its compensation payments. The documents also show that Shell has known for years that its pipelines in the Niger…
MEDIA ADVISORY Amnesty International experts available for interview When: 20 June 2014, 2pm BST Where: UK Technological and Construction Court in the Rolls building on Fetter Lane, London The first judgment in what lawyers have said could be the “largest ever” environmental trial will be handed down Friday, setting the parameters for a lawsuit against…
Shell has manipulated oil spill investigations in Nigeria, with the company’s claims on oil pollution in the region deeply suspect and often untrue, said Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD). A new report published today uncovers specific cases in which Shell has wrongly reported the cause of oil spills,…
Shell has manipulated oil spill investigations in Nigeria, with the company’s claims on oil pollution in the region deeply suspect and often untrue, said Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD). A new report published today uncovers specific cases in which Shell has wrongly reported the cause of oil spills,…
Claims by Shell that sabotage is responsible for most oil spilt in Nigeria have come under fire. A Dutch agency found that the oil giant’s statements were based on disputed evidence and flawed investigations. The agency – the National Contact Point (NCP) – which is there to assess complaints about companies that abuse human rights…