Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/06/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell ordered by Dutch Court to pay damages for oil spillages in farmlands and fishponds. | Oruma, Nigeria | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Pollution | |
| 01/07/2014 | (Anheuser-Busch InBev) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Daimler) (Danone) (Dow Chemical) (Odfjell) (Petrobras) (Quilmes) (Solvay) | Residents of Villa Inflamble filed a lawsuit against the 'Argentinian Government, Government of the city of Buenos Aires, and 44 businesses for damages to their health suffered as a result of the pollution of Matanza-Riachuelo River.' | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 15/05/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell faces lawsuit from fishermen and farmers in the Niger Delta of Nigeria after contamination to fishponds and farmlands by oil spills. | Niger Delta, Rivers, Nigeria | ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ACTION | 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 | |
| 04/08/2014 - 04/08/2011 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Three Years after UN Environmental Program's assessment of fifty years' oil pollution in Ogoniland, Shell has not progressed in cleaning the oil contaminated land and drinking water. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International, CEHRD, Friends of the Earth | Pollution | |
| 12/10/2014 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Colombian farmers are suing BP for economic losses suffered from pipeline environmental devastation - £18 million. | Colombia | Financial Times | Pollution | |
| 01/01/1983 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Supreme Court orders Shell to pay to four communities in Delta - N30 million. | Delta State, Nigeria | Vanguard | Pollution | |
| 03/11/2015 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Multiple contaminated sites from oil spills, some dating back 45 years, have not been properly restored. Spills contaminate drinking water and expose people to serious health risks. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International, CEHRD | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2014 - 01/01/2014 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell reported 204 Niger Delta oil spills in 2014. | Niger Delta, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 31/12/2014 - 01/01/2012 | Eni | ENI responsible for 349 oil spills in 2014, more than 500 oil spills in 2013, and 474 oil spills from operations in 2012, says Amnesty. | Niger Delta, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Pollution |