Shell agrees to start cleaning polluted area

Shell agrees to start cleaning polluted area

May 4th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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Under a compensation deal hammered out in London in January, Shell’s Nigerian arm agreed to pay $55m to people in Bodo following a three-year legal battle over the 2008 spills that devastated their environment.

3 May 2015

Lagos – Shell has agreed with Nigerian fishing community of Bodo in the Niger Delta to start the clean-up of two devastating oil spills in 2008, activists and locals say.

Steven Obodekwe of the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development lobby said: “Shell officials met representatives of Bodo community in Port Harcourt and the meeting was attended by officials of the Dutch embassy, Unep (United Nations Environment Programme), Amnesty International and local activists.

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Posted in: Africa, Business Principles, Environment, Litigation, Nigeria, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
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Kayakers prep for oil-drilling protests in West Seattle

Kayakers prep for oil-drilling protests in West Seattle

May 4th, 2015

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By Seattle Times Staff: 3 May 2015

Kayakers prep for oil-drilling protests in West Seattle

About 19 advanced kayakers learned self-rescue techniques and how to assist when a kayak capsizes in anticipation of the upcoming flotilla protest May 16 in Elliott Bay.

Judging from the water-safety preparations and drills off Seacrest Park in West Seattle, kayakers are ready for their upcoming mission to protest Shell oil rigs drilling in the Arctic.

On Sunday, approximately 19 advanced kayakers learned self-rescue techniques and how to assist when a kayak capsizes in anticipation of the upcoming flotilla protest May 16 in Elliott Bay.

Through the Shell No! Action Council, hundreds of kayakers will join forces to oppose the Port of Seattle’s decision to allow Terminal 5 to be used as a staging area for Arctic drilling.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Oil, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
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