However, the 800-mile project, spearheaded by Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil jumped a major hurdle late Wednesday.
December 31st, 2009:
Canadian Natural Gas Pipeline Gets Federal Backing
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Time to redraw the battle lines
Financial Times
By Hugh Williamson
Published: December 30 2009 22:06
It is dusk in London and Amnesty International has mobilised hundreds of protesters in its campaign against Shells allegedly damaging business practices in the Niger Delta. They march in a snake formation, some carrying flaming torches, others a replica pipeline on their shoulders. Their aim is to draw attention to huge oil spills and gas flaring that, they say, are ruining the health and livelihood of many in this troubled corner of Nigeria.
Potential avalanche of Nigerian legal cases against Shell
Shell gas flaring in the Niger Delta. The practice has proved controversial. Photograph: Pius Otomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images
Shell must face Friends of the Earth Nigeria claim in Netherlands
Shell disappointed at Hague court ruling on Oruma oil spill compensation case
Terry Macalister
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 December 2009 22.00 GMT
A judge in the Netherlands has opened the door to a potential avalanche of legal cases against Shell over environmental degradation said to be caused by its oil operations in the Niger Delta.
The oil group expressed “disappointment” tonight that a court in The Hague had agreed to allow Friends of the Earth Netherlands and four local Nigerian farmers to bring a compensation case in its backyard for the first time.