The verdict is a big win for environmentalists, who want to see Shell held responsible for one of the world’s most polluted places, the Niger Delta.
Oil flows on the creek water’s surface near an illegal oil refinery in Ogoniland, outside Port Harcourt, in Nigeria’s Delta region, in 2011. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) Oil giant Shell is liable for oil leakages in the Niger Delta and must compensate farmers whose livelihoods have been destroyed by pollution, a Dutch appeals court ruled on Friday.
The Hague Court of Appeals verdict found Dutch-based Shell liable for several instances of leaking, going further than a lower court ruling.