Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Court sentences Shell Nigeria to pay damages for environmental degradation

Nigerian farmers (l-r) Alali Efanga, Friday Alfred Akpan, Chief Fidelis Oguru Oruma and Eric Dooh sit in the court in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 October 2012. PHOTO/EPA/Robin Utrecht

(Reuters) - A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for a case of oil pollution in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay damages in a decision that could open the door to further litigation.

The district court in The Hague said Shell Petroleum

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