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13 giu 2024 · One of the most recent and devastating oil spills in Nigerian history happened in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on November 5, 2021. The magnitude and consequences of the spill have been likened to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
28 mag 2024 · Under human rights law, those responsible for the climate crisis are legally obligated to take the necessary measures to stop, minimize and remedy its human rights impacts. The science has long been clear, and that has legal consequences for policy makers and political leaders.
21 ore fa · In a “club model”, several countries agree to restrict fossil fuel production without being legally obliged to do so. One example is the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, launched by Denmark and several other countries in 2021. This is a coalition of countries pressing for an international commitment to set a date on ending oil and gas production.
5 giorni fa · Activists have also taken oil conglomerates, like Shell and TotalEnergies to court to force them to slash their emissions or halt new projects.. The area where the drilling was permitted was once dubbed the “Gatwick Gusher” and U.K. Oil & Gas announced in 2015 that tests showed it could produce 30% of the country’s oil demand — all within a short drive from London.
5 giorni fa · The Supreme Court has ruled today that two Nigerian communities, of more than 50,000 people combined, can bring their legal claims for clean-up and compensation against Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS) and its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC).
13 giu 2024 · Despite being a milestone year, during which the world celebrated the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2023 was also a year of multiple human rights crises, said UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, while presenting his office’s Report for 2023.
30 mag 2024 · Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay around €95m (£80.4m/$111.6m) to communities in southern Nigeria over crude oil spills in 1970, lawyers involved in the case have said.The decision is the latest involving Opec-member Nigeria’s oil-producing south where communities have long fought legal battles over oil spills and ...
