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SHELL CLIMATE CRIMES EXPOSED IN NEW REPORT
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Environment groups criticize Shell CEO van der Veer for undermining Climate Policies
Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Washington – 29th June 2009
Fresh evidence of oil giant Shell’s colossal contribution to global climate change and its continued investment in carbon intensive fossil fuels has been revealed today in a new report.[1] The report also reveals new [...]
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FORCED TO SETTLE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OUT OF COURT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2009
Damning Evidence Reveals Shell’s Complicity In Crimes Against Humanity;
Landmark Case Resolved in Favor of Ogoni Plaintiffs After 14 Year Legal Battle
New York– After legal battles lasting nearly fourteen years, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to pay a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement. Plaintiffs from the Ogoni region of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Shell face global backlash
Rallies in Ogoniland, Nigeria, US and UK ahead of Wiwa v Shell trial.
Wednesday 27th May 2009
CONTACT:
Nigeria, Celestine Akpobari, Ogoni Solidarity Forum, +234 8032733965
Ken Henshaw, Social Action, +234 8034053707
US, Celia Alario, +1(310) 721-6517
UK, Benjamin, PLATFORM, +44 207 357 0055
Stunning protests swept three different countries ahead of the delayed Wiwa v Shell trial. The trial was due [...]
Opening of Landmark Human Rights Trial Wiwa v. Shell is DELAYED
Courthouse Rally Will Continue As Planned in New York Wednesday 27th May
International Experts to Speak About Shell in Nigeria, Then and Now
Who: International experts and campaigners, supporters of corporate accountability, human rights, and environmental justice. Speakers to include: Brent Blackwelder, Executive Director of Friends of the Earth, Steve Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil Change [...]
