SEATTLE -- Shell Oil Co. has entered an agreement with the state Department of Ecology to clean up contamination at 83 current and former gas stations in Western Washington.
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Shell to clean up 83 former gas stations
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NIGERIANS FILE OIL LAWSUIT AGAINST SHELL IN THE NETHERLAND
Liesbeth Zegveld said: Shell headquarters believes it is untouchable, but we believe it is legally responsible for damage caused in Nigeria. Shell headquarters has the authority and control to ensure that its oil spills in Nigeria are prevented and cleaned up. We accuse Shell of negligence.
Nigerians file suit against Shell in Dutch court
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) An environmentalist group and four Nigerians filed suit against Royal Dutch Shell PLC in the Netherlands on Friday, claiming the company was negligent in cleaning up oil spills in Nigeria.
State fines Shell Oil for storage tank violations
A joint venture of Shell Oil and Saudi Refining Inc. was fined $350,000 for petroleum storage violations at two dozen New York Shell stations, state environmental officials said Friday. Houston-based Motiva Enterprises will also pay for a wider audit to check compliance at 88 more stations, including 40 on Long Island.
Merit Energy and Shell to lower emissions after clean air violations
The modifications allegedly violated the Clean Air Act at the natural gas processing facility in Manistee, Mich. Merit is the present owner and Shell is the former owner of the plant.
South Africa: Community takes on big polluters
The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) chairperson, Desmond D'sa, told IRIN they were in the process of preparing a class action lawsuit against the refinery owners - Engen, and Shell and British Petroleum (BP) - in a bid to make the companies accountable.
Two refiners, Premcor and Equilon, settle with Hartford residents for $16 million
A judge has approved a settlement of $16 million among several Hartford residents and two big refining companies in an ongoing dispute over a huge plume of gasoline beneath the village. Only two of several plaintiffs, Premcor and Equilon, have agreed to settle.
Canada, U.S. increasingly at odds over pollution issues
Other looming issues include:
Shell Canada's plans for a heavy-oil refinery near Sarnia that could produce 150,000 to 200,000 barrels per day of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
SHELL OIL’S EXIT FROM OGONILAND & CALL FOR NEW OIL FIRM?
We demand of Shell Oil to begin cleaning the Ogoni environment of the pollution it created during its four decades of oil exploration in Ogoni.
Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil
In January, the Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit against Shell Oil Company claiming the company exceeded its permitted limits on several air pollutants, including benzene, a toxin that causes cancer. The environmental groups allege that Shell self-reported excess emissions to TCEQ that amount to 1,000 separate violations stemming from unauthorized bursts of air pollution caused by maintenance and refinery malfunctions.
Nigeria: Commissioner Demands Compensation From Shell For Oil Spill
He said the only way to calm frayed nerves and forestall a resort to violence by restive youths of the affected communities was for Shell to pay compensation for the pollution.
In the wake of Shell “lies corruption, despoliation and death”: Andrew Rowell in his remarkable article “Unloveable Shell, the Goddess of Oil”
In view of the overnight news from Nigeria it seems an appropriate time to publish for the first time on the Internet the most dramatic masterpiece about Shell and its atrocious track record, especially in Nigeria, that we have ever seen. Authored by Andrew Rowell, it was published by The Guardian over 10 years ago on 15 November 1997 under the title: Unloveable Shell, the Goddess of Oil.
Colo. gets $35 million from Army, Shell for arsenal cleanup
Shell Oil Co., which made pesticides and other chemicals at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, will provide $21 million in cash and land under an agreement announced Thursday to settle a 25-year-old state lawsuit. The Army and the federal government are providing the rest.
Shell, Army OK $35M arsenal-pollution settlement
Shell Oil and the U.S. Army which produced all manner of nasty chemicals from 1942 until 1982 at the arsenal, northeast of downtown Denver have agreed to pay the state $35 million in damages for polluting groundwater at the arsenal, state Attorney General John Suthers said today.
Nigerians seek damages from Shell over pollution
"This is the first time a Dutch company would be held liable for damage by a daughter operation in another country," said Anne van Schaik, of the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth. "We are calling on Shell to respect international standards and the law in Nigeria, and because they are not doing that, we are taking them to court in the Netherlands," she said.
Nigerians seek damages from Shell over pollution
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Four Nigerian villagers and an environmental group are demanding oil company Shell take responsibility for damage from oil leaks caused by its Nigerian subsidiary, lawyers said Wednesday.
SHELL FACES LEGAL ACTION IN THE NETHERLANDS OVER NIGERIAN POLLUTION
Amsterdam (The Netherlands) May 14, 2008 - Shell-headquarters in the Netherlands is held liable by Friends of the Earth Netherlands/Nigeria and four Nigerians, for the massive damage that oil spills are causing to villages in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.
Oil Giants to Settle Water Suit
Some of the nations largest oil companies have agreed to pay about $423 million in cash to settle a lawsuit brought by more than a hundred public water providers, claiming water contamination from a popular gasoline additive.
Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE Lawsuits
The settling companies include units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's biggest oil company, ConocoPhillips, the second- largest U.S. refiner, Marathon Oil Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, Valero Energy Corp. and Sunoco Inc. Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company. BP is Europe'ssecond- largest oil company.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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