Friends of the Earth Netherlands
Worse Than Bad campaign starts
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Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) started on 1 May a campaign (worsethanbad.org) to create as much publicity as possible worldwide for the severe oil damage Shell has been causing in Nigeria for decades.
Erratum to Shell's annual report
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May 17 2011 - During the Shell annual general assembly (AGM) Milieudefensie and Friends of the Earth International presented a spoof "erratum" to Shell's 2010 annual report.
Nigeria-court case: 11 October 2012
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2 April 2012 – The court in The Hague decided today that an open sitting in Milieudefensie’s Nigeria case will be held on 11 October 2012 at 9.30 am.
Biokerosene: not the answer
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The airline sector is busily searching for alternatives to kerosene. Made from crude oil, kerosene is responsible for much of our CO2 emissions.
- Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) is a non-governmental (NGO) environmental organisation with more than 90.000 members and supporters and eighty local groups, conducting campaigns globalisation, traffic and agriculture.
- Biokerosene
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The airline sector is busily searching for alternatives to kerosene. Made from crude oil, kerosene is responsible for much of CO2 emissions and is thereby a major contributor to climate change. Crude oil is also becoming harder and harder to extract, which is making it more expensive. The airline industry says that biokerosene is the answer. It is renewable’ since it is made from vegetable or animal ingredients. As attractive as that sounds, it is anything but a real solution.
Shell Courtcase
Victims of Shell’s oil pollution from the Nigerian villages of Oruma, Goi and Ikot Ada Udo, in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), have started a lawsuit against Shell Nigeria and Shell’s parent company in the Netherlands. Three cases have been brought before the court. This is the first time in history that a Dutch corporation has been called to account in a Dutch court for damage done abroad.
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Every day people in the world sound the alarm. A government has plans to construct a dam. Or a company is dumping toxic waste. Or loggers are destroying tropical rainforest. Local people often seem to be powerless. By joining Earth Alarm you can provide real support. Your pen is your best weapon.
- Shell in Nigeria
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There is a great deal of oil in the green wetlands of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. For decades oil has been Nigeria’s leading export product. Nearly one-half of that oil production has been carried out under Shell’s supervision. Ever since oil was first discovered in the Niger Delta, many problems – such as oil leaks and gas flaring – have surrounded its extraction. One hundred gas flares burn day and night, and the once so fertile wetlands of the Niger Delta have been transformed by the oil leaks into the world’s largest oil disaster. Milieudefensie wants to reduce the environmental problems that Shell causes in Nigeria.
