| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/07/2015 - 01/01/1990 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Leaked 330 page documents know as "Deception Dossiers" show that major oil companies were aware of climate change linked to their products for decades, and used deceptive tactics to reverse the information and block public policy. "These include forged letters to Congress, secret funding of a supposedly independent scientist, the creation of fake grassroots organizations, multiple efforts to deliberately manufacture uncertainty about climate science." | Union of Concerned Scientists | Climate Change, Fraud | ||
| 20/01/2015 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Oil companies fined for Clean Air Act violations. Civil penalty - $900,000. | Texas, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 01/11/2013 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell accused of not adequately assessing and providing false information regarding oil spills in Nigeria. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International, CEHRD | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 23/04/2012 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Amnesty International exposes Shell's inaccurate reporting of massive 72-day Niger Delta oil spill. | Niger Delta | Amnesty International, CEHRD | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 05/10/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell Guam failed to submit required toxic chemical reports in 2007 - $7,950. | Guam | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud | |
| 12/01/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Petrochemical facility fined for excess discharge of pollutants into Santiago Creek and Caribbean Sea at unpermitted locations, failure to report discharge data, and lacking adequate operation and maintenance of a discharge pipe. Penalty - $1,025,000. | Puerto Rico | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 01/02/2007 | Infineum (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Use and distribution of new chemical in commercial auto products for several years before the chemical had undergone a required review. Civil penalty - $950,000. | Linden, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Fraud, Negligence | |
| 31/07/2006 - 01/07/2006 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell fined for selling and distributing unregistered pesticide - $26,000. | Las Vegas, NV, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence | |
| 19/04/2002 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Companies found liable for dumping fuel additive MTBE in Tahoe lake. Shell & Lyondell also withheld information over its defects. Settlement - $33 million. | San Francisco, CA, United States | Planetark, Reuters | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 31/12/2001 - 01/01/2000 | Equilon Enterprises (Part Of Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Failure to accurately report chemical releases (cyclohexane and MTBE) used at facility - $16,500. | Bakersfield, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud | |
| 09/09/1998 - 01/01/1917 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | EPA cites hundreds of environmental violations at Shell's Wood River oil refinery located on the banks of the national heritage Mississippi River; excess levels of SO2 & SO air emissions, benzene; 'violations of solid waste labeling, reporting, and manifesting requirements, untimely reporting of emissions of extremely hazardous substances such as ammonia and chlorine'. Civil penalties - $1.5 million + $10 million in environmental projects. | Roxanna, MO, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence, Pollution |
Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)
Filter tag: Fraud(clear filter)
