Shell board of directors sued over corporate climate strategy
Shell’s board of directors is being taken to court by ClientEarth for failing to move away from fossil fuels fast enough.
Niger Delta, the oil spill clean-up has started. It will take 30 years
After decades of legal battles, the government of Nigeria announced the launch of a huge clean-up plan in the Niger Delta, which was once destroyed by oil drilling activities. It’s an unprecedented operation that will take 25 to 30 years to be completed and will have an estimated cost of a billion dollars. The victory comes 20 years
Ken Saro-Wiwa, the environmental martyr killed 20 years ago. The Niger Delta is still hell on Earth
Ken Saro-Wiwa, militante ecologista, si batté contro la multinazionale petrolifera Shell. La storia gli ha dato ragione: la sua terra, oggi, è devastata.
The United States blocks oil drilling in the Arctic
“Yes. No. I don’t know. Let me think about it”. The never-ending soap opera on Arctic oil drilling seems to have come to an end. At least for the moment. After the decision made by Shell to “cease further exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future” due to their costs, the interior secretary Sally Jewell, in
Shell abandons Arctic oil drilling
The oil giant has announced it will end exploration drilling in Alaska. A huge victory for environmental activists.
Hundreds of kayaks row against Shell in Seattle
Hundreds of environmental activists filled the Elliott Bay, Seattle, United States, on board of kayaks, protesting against the decision of the Dutch oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, of exploring for oil off Alaska during summer. Kayakers formed a chain blockading the port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 in order to impede the Polar Pioneer
Everything is NOT awesome: Greenpeace’s video against Lego (and Shell)
[vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/100195272″] Recently, the environment organisation Greenpeace launched a campaign to ask Lego, the well-known Danish producer of plastic construction toys loved by both children and adults, to stop its collaboration with Shell, as well as to remove from its products the logo of the oil company that is drilling one of the world’s most