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S.A protest against Shell oil exploration in pristine coastal area

S.A protest against Shell oil exploration in pristine coastal area

SIYABONGA SISHI  SOUTH Africans took to their beaches on Sunday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch Shell to do seismic oil exploration they say will threaten marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins, seals and penguins on a pristine coastal stretch. A South African court on Friday struck down an application brought by environmentalists to stop the oil major exploring in the eastern seaboard's Wild Coast, rejecting as unproven their argument that it would cause "irreparable harm" to the marine environment, especially migrating humpback whales. The Wild Coast is home to some of the country's most undisturbed wildlife refuges, and…
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EXCLUSIVE: Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

EXCLUSIVE: Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

RON BOUSSO ROYAL Dutch Shell is considering a return to Libya with a plan to develop new oil and gas fields and infrastructure, as well as a solar project, two sources said, a decade after exiting the North African country because of unrest. The plan, details of which were seen by Reuters, marks a rare new oil and gas foray by the energy major as it seeks to cut fossil fuel investment and slash greenhouse gas emissions. In that strategy, Shell still needs some new projects to maintain output as reserves in existing oil and gas fields have rapidly fallen…
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Nigeria unhappy after Italian court acquits Eni and Shell in $1.3-billion corruption case

Nigeria unhappy after Italian court acquits Eni and Shell in $1.3-billion corruption case

EMILIO PARODI and STEPHEN JEWKES A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell yesterday in the oil industry's biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The verdict, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after the trial first began and after 74 hearings. Tremolada said the companies and defendants had been acquitted as there was no case to answer. The Nigerian government said it was surprised and disappointed by the verdict and would consider whether to appeal once its…
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42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

JULIA PAYNE and KIRSTIN RIDLEY The UK Supreme Court has allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said there was an arguable case that UK-domiciled Shell, one of the world's biggest energy companies, is responsible, in the latest test of whether multinationals can be held to account for the acts of overseas subsidiaries. Represented by law firm Leigh Day, the group of Nigerians have argued that the parent company Shell owed them a duty…
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Victory for Nigerian farmers over Shell

Victory for Nigerian farmers over Shell

IN a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court on Friday said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay unspecified damages to farmers. The case was brought in 2008 by four farmers and environmental group Friends of the Earth, seeking reparations for lost income from contaminated land and waterways in the region, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry. Friday's decision went a step further than a 2013 ruling by a lower court, saying that Shell's Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for multiple cases of…
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Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case

Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case

NELLIE PEYTON  AS a legal case over energy giant Shell's planet-heating emissions kicked off in the Netherlands, activists said the health and livelihoods of people in Nigeria's oil-producing region would hinge on its outcome. Royal Dutch Shell faced its first court hearing on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by environmental and human rights groups in The Hague, the company's headquarters. Seven green groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, filed the case on behalf of more than 17,000 Dutch citizens who say Shell is threatening human rights by knowingly undermining international climate goals. They are demanding the company…
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