Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution
Residents of Bille and Ogale in Niger delta are suing Shell and subsidiary, but company denies liability Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking...
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Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30
Sale covering 56,000 square miles set to go ahead despite opposition from Indigenous and environmental groups The Brazilian government is preparing to stage an oil...
People displaced by Uganda oil pipeline ‘received inadequate compensation’
Many of the people displaced by Eacop project were inadequately rehoused or compensated, report says People displaced from their homes alongside the site of an...
Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills
King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible His Royal Highness King Godwin Bebe...
Oilfield slowdown exposes political volatility in Libya and beyond
Apparent shutdown attempt shows potential for some leaders to use such threats to enforce personal agenda The political complexities of Libya’s oil industry were highlighted...
Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says A man campaigning against the controversial...
Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees
Scientists say calamities on same scale as disaster that has killed 169 will become more common if emissions not cut The unusually intense, prolonged and...
Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war
Authorities to launch inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at country’s national oil corporation Libyan authorities have said they will investigate allegations of wholesale mismanagement in...
Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says
Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure The oil firm Shell cannot be allowed...
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in...
