Royal Dutch Shell faces a fresh legal challenge to its planed seismic survey off South Africa’s eastern coastline with local communities seeking to halt the program. The case, filed last week, comes after a South African High Court on Friday dismissed a request for an interdict from a group including Greenpeace. The petition had sought to stop the program on grounds including that it may cause irreparable harm to marine life and hurt the livelihoods of those who live off the sea.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc faces a fresh legal challenge to its planned seismic survey off South Africa’s eastern coastline with local communities seeking to halt…