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Posts Tagged ‘Niger Delta’
Politics, Pollution, Apr 25th, 2012,
Research commissioned by the human rights group Amnesty International found that an oil spill in the Niger Delta was at least 60 times worse than claims made by the oil giant Shell. Royal Dutch Shell is currently being sued over the spill in a London Court by a group of 11,000 Nigerians, including many fishermen of the Bodo region, who claim their livelihoods were destroyed. Though 60 times Shell’s figure, the Amnesty International estimate is still half of what Martyn Day, lawyer for the Bodo communities puts the damage at. From Reuters: The Amnesty accusation is based on footage of…
Tags: amnesty international, bodo, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil spill, Shell
Pollution, Aug 8th, 2011,
Lest we forget, Nigeria’s Ogoniland region is still poisoned and ecologically damaged by 50 years of unsafe, irresponsible oil drilling practices. A new UN study (paid for by the Shell and the Nigerian government) puts the damage to the area, located on the Niger Delta, at levels even worse than previously thought. Clean up could cost $1bn and take 30 years to complete. Meanwhile the local fishing community has seen their livelihood suffer and health issues linked to environmental toxicity plague residents. Drinking water is contaminated, with some areas experiencing benzene levels at 900 times acceptable levels. From BBC News:…
Tags: Niger Delta, Nigeria, Ogoniland, oil, Shell, spills
Climate Change, Politics, Jun 1st, 2010,
Large spills in Nigeria are routine, and oil companies go largely unpunished for destroying the local environment as well as poisoning the human population. Some of the damage is due to actions by rebel groups and criminals, who attack pipelines, but rusty old pipes continually leak oil, while gas flares both waste a valuable natural resource as well as release toxic pollution and greenhouse gasses. In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe…
Tags: disaster, environment, Exxon, gas flares, Gulf, human, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Observer, oil, Pollution, Shell, spill, Valdez
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 7th, 2009,
The West African nation of Nigeria is home to some of the richest and most diverse ecological systems in the world. The Niger River Delta in particular, contains four separate ecosystems: coastal barrier islands, mangrove swamp forests, freshwater swamps, and lowland rain forests. Nigeria also has a major petroleum industry, ranking 12th in the world for production, 10th for known reserves and 8th in oil export. Unfortunately the environmental treasure trove that is the Niger Delta is also the country’s main oil producing region. Amnesty International has spearheaded a campaign against Shell Oil in Nigeria. According to a BBC News…
Tags: gas flaring, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil, Pollution, Shell
