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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

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Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

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Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies

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Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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