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Thursday, November 10, 2011

'Shell must pay US$1 billion in first step to clean up Niger Delta'

from theafricareport....


"Shell must commit to pay an initial US$1 billion to begin the clean-up of pollution caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) said today.

A new report by the two groups released today - The true tragedy: delays and failures in tackling oil spills in the Niger Delta - looks at the ongoing devastation caused by two major oil spills which took place at Bodo, Ogoniland, in 2008, and which have never been cleaned up"............READ MORE

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