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Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner on Friday outside the district court in The Hague, Netherlands, where the court delivered its judgment in a long-running case in which four Nigerian farmers are seeking compensation and a cleanup from energy giant Shell for pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta. Mike Corder/AP toggle caption Mike Corder/AP Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner on Friday outside the distri...

A Victory for Farmers in a David-and-Goliath Environmental Case An appeals court said a small group of farmers in the Niger Delta region whose livelihoods were affected by oil spills in 2006 and 2007 should receive payouts. The Bonny oil terminal, operated by Shell, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The ruling found that a subsidiary of the company had acted unlawfully by allowing the leaks to occur.Credit...Ron Bousso/Reuters Jan. 29, 2021 A Dutch court ruled on Friday that a subsidiary of the Britis...

Last modified on Mon 1 Feb 2021 10.09 EST A Dutch court has ordered Shell Nigeria to compensate farmers for major oil spills they say caused widespread pollution. On Friday an appeals court in The Hague rejected Shell’s argument that the spills were the result of sabotage, saying not enough evidence had been provided. The court ordered Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary to compensate the farmers for the losses caused by the oil spills in the two villages of Goi and Oruma in 2004 and 2005. The amou...