Shell. The ever-benevolent corporate giant tirelessly works to maximize shareholder returns while generously bestowing oil spills upon communities that never asked for them. The latest twist in this decades-long environmental horror show? The Ogale and Bille communities of Nigeria—just 50,000 people whose land, water, and livelihoods have been poisoned by Shell’s operations—are finally getting their day in a UK courtroom. And naturally, Shell is fighting tooth and nail to avoid paying for the devastation it caused.
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Shell Loses Landmark Case Because Apparently, Destroying Nigerian Communities for Profit Isn’t Enough—They Tried to Weasel Out of Responsibility Too

Shell Loses Landmark Case Because Apparently, Destroying Nigerian Communities for Profit Isn’t Enough—They Tried to Weasel Out of Responsibility Too
Posted by John Donovan: 12 Oct 2024
In a stunning twist that absolutely no one saw coming, oil behemoth Shell, the model of corporate ethics (wink), has lost yet another court battle. This time, the UK Court of Appeal has handed down a major ruling in favor of two Nigerian communities, the Bille and Ogale, whose land, water, and livelihoods have been systematically obliterated by oil pollution—allegedly caused by none other than Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, SPDC.
The Bille and Ogale communities have been living in an environmental nightmare for years, courtesy of around 100 oil spills from Shell’s crumbling infrastructure. These spills have rendered their land uninhabitable, poisoned their water, and left them unable to farm or fish. But Shell—because why accept responsibility when you can stall, deflect, and confuse—managed to string this case out for ten years, while thousands of people suffered, and many even died waiting for justice.
Shell’s Petrochemical Wonderland: Where Headaches and Noxious Fumes Are on the House!
…the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received an avalanche of calls from other residents who are tired of headaches, choking fumes, and lights so bright they could signal aliens from space.
Posted by John Donovan: 7 Sept 2024
Shell is back at it again—this time, delighting the residents of Monaca, Pennsylvania, with the gift of “noxious odors” and toxic dust wafting in from their well-maintained petrochemical plant. Nothing says “neighborly” like a little ethane cracker plant next door, churning out ethylene for plastics, resins, and whatever else Shell can sell, all while making life hell for those within sniffing distance.
In a lawsuit filed by Flynn, a local resident, it seems Shell’s operation has turned the neighborhood into a dystopian nightmare of foul smells, migraine-inducing noise, and flaring lights that rival a Vegas casino—except, here, the jackpot is pollution. According to the amended 20-page complaint, Shell has been about as good at controlling emissions as they are at pretending to care about the environment. The suit claims that since the Monaca plant opened in 2019, it’s been a festival of failures, with Shell regularly releasing clouds of contaminant-laced gases into the air. Neighbors have had to suffer through “odiferous” smells so bad they make the garbage dump down the road smell like a lavender field.
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