Shell: clean up your mess in Nigeria | Friends of the Earth Europe

Shell: clean up your mess in Nigeria | Friends of the Earth Europe:

Friends of the Earth groups from around the world are today calling on Shell to clean up its mess in the oil-rich and heavily polluted Niger Delta in Nigeria. The launch of an international petition targeting Shell comes exactly two years after a United Nations report exposed oil-giant Shell's systematic contamination of Ogoniland in Nigeria.

Ogoniland is one of the worst-hit regions in the Niger Delta – oil pollution has devastated the environment and the livelihoods of farmers and fishermen. In the report, the United Nations (UNEP) accused Shell of failing to properly clean up oil leaked from pipelines and other facilities, and of failing to comply with its own internal procedures in the contaminated sites in Ogoniland. Shell endorsed the UNEP report, but has yet to act according to Friends of the Earth.

Darek Urbaniak, extractive industries campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: "Shell should take responsibility for its mess in Nigeria. Shell should start a thorough clean-up programme and follow the recommendations of the United Nations."

 

Shell: clean up your mess in Nigeria