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July 1st, 2009:

Shell’s Sinister Relationship with Nigerian Militants

A report – Shell’s Big Dirty Secret – issued on 28 June 2009 by green organisations including Friends of the Earth, reveals that Shell executives continued to approve gas flaring in Nigeria for financial reasons, despite knowing of the consequential serious environmental and health dangers. It also exposes Shell’s machinations in respect of climate change and damaging emissions. The report concludes that Shell is the world’s dirtiest oil company.

That conclusion is correct in more than one sense. read more

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New Shell CEO has toughest task in European business

A lawsuit filed in New York accusing the oil giant of complicity in the execution of human rights activists in Nigeria in the 1990s, which Shell settled earlier this month, renewed criticism of the company's activities in Nigeria, often seen as the poster child for how oil wealth can damage a country.

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Oil groups resist tough bid terms

Royal Dutch Shell initially bid for the Kirkuk field but rejected Iraq's demand for better terms.

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Report blames Shell over ‘cover-up’ of Nigeria’s oil spills

Independent auditors estimate that up to 13 million barrels of oil have been spilt in the Delta, an amount equivalent to an Exxon Valdez disaster every year for 40 years. The Niger Delta is home to some 31 million people, the majority of whom live in abject poverty despite the $600bn in oil revenues generated since extraction began in 1958. Nigeria's own watchdog reports that there are 2,000 current spills, the majority of them from Shell operations.

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Let’s see this new Shell

If the oil giant truly wants reconciliation in the Niger Delta, its incoming CEO must take concrete action

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Challenge to Shell’s Alaska drill plan dismissed

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 30 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has dismissed a legal action that challenged Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) plans to drill several wells over three years in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, now that the company itself has ditched the program and replaced it with a more limited exploration proposal.

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Defending Shell’s good name and reputation

By John Donovan of royaldutchshellplc.com

There has been some discussion on our Shell Blog about the right to freedom of speech on the Internet. A regular contributor “motivaman” has referred to decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding this fundamental right.

Readers may be interested in comments made by Shell on such matters.

In unsuccessful proceedings Shell brought against us in 2005, in respect of the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com, Shell stated in a submission to The World Intellectual Property Organisation: read more

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