Shell Still Hasn't Cleaned Up A Two Large Oil Spills From 2008

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http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-still-hasnt-cleaned-up-a-two-large-oil-spills-from-2008-2012-9

Two large crude oil spills from Shell pipelines in the Niger delta four years ago have still not been cleaned up by the company despite an outcry by the UN, Amnesty International and the Nigerian government about pollution in the area.

Shell, which made £19.1bn profit last year, accepted responsiblity and pledged to fully restore the damage done by spills from its rusting pipelines near the Ogoni village of Bodo in 2008.

But an assessment has found only small pilot schemes were started and the most contaminated areas around Bodo and the Gokana district of Ogoniland remain untouched. The impoverished Ogoni fishing and farming communities say they still cannot return to work and have received no compensation. They have accused Shell of applying different standards to clean-ups in Nigeria compared with the rest of the world.

"A comprehensive clean-up is yet to get under way and the creeks remain extremely polluted," said Martyn Day of the London-based law firm Leigh Day, which represents the 11,000 affected villagers. Day has just returned from the delta, where he was part of a team assessing the clean-up. "Next to nothing has happened and where work has commenced it has been totally amateurish."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-still-hasnt-cleaned-up-a-two-large-oil-spills-from-2008-2012-9#ixzz27HyBLd8O

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1. They don't do anything they aren't forced to do.