Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Climate Change(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2002 - 01/01/2000 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Transparency pressures force Shell to reveal high greenhouse gas levels in Nigeria - 15.5m, 22.5m and 22m tonnes in 2002, 2001 and 2000 respectively. | Nigeria | The Guardian | Climate Change, Pollution | |
| 31/12/2008 - 01/01/2008 | Exxon Mobil | Company records show handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds to climate change denial lobby groups, despite public pledge to cut such support. | USA | The Guardian | Climate Change, Lobbying | |
| 05/02/2008 | Sinopec Group | Red sign warning issued by Guangdong Provincial Environment Bureau due to excessive emissions/serious environmental pollution accidents - company placed under strict supervision. | Guangdong, China | China CSR | Climate Change, Pollution | |
| 24/12/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Gas flaring continues, despite Nigerian Federal Court orders to halt. | Nigeria | BBC | Climate Change, Pollution | |
| 12/04/2006 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Court in Lagos orders Shell to stop gas flaring practices. | Nigeria | The Guardian | Climate Change, Pollution | |
| 12/03/2007 | The Royal Bank of Scotland Group | RBS criticized by environmental groups over financing heavily on carbon emitting oil & gas projects furthering climate change. | PLATFORM, Bank rack, Friends of the Earth, nef, people & planet | Climate Change | ||
| 03/04/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell still using gas flaring in the Niger Delta - strong greenhouse gas contributions, causing acid rain and ground water contamination. | Niger Delta, Nigeria | The Economist | Climate Change, Pollution | |
| 31/08/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | US government releases emails of Shell officials downplaying the significance of Russian environmental audit of Shakhalin II energy project by persuading the Atomic Energy Authority to disperse the findings through the report to receive vital bank funding. The project's environmental projection is dire; 1.6m tonnes of carbon dioxide; threat to endangered species and other wildlife. | The Guardian | Climate Change, Habitat Extinction, Lobbying, Pollution | ||
| 23/08/2009 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (Project funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group) | Cree aboriginals protest over tar sand project - destroying ancient boreal forest; spreading open-pit mining across local tribes' territories; contaminating their food and water with toxins; producing heavy CO2 emissions; disrupting local wildlife and threatening their way of life. | Alberta, Canada | The Guardian | Climate Change, Habitat Extinction, Pollution | |
| 19/04/2011 | The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (Project carried out by BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (Project carried out by TOTAL) (Project carried out by Marathon Oil Corporation) (Supplier Of Enbridge) (Supplier Of Kinder Morgan) | RBS accused of investing £1.3 billion - following a £5.6 billion prior investment - in environmentally damaging oil project of tar sands in Canada, also devastating ancestral lands of First Nation tribes. | Alberta, Canada | The Guardian, Financial Times | Climate Change, Negligence, Pollution |