BBC: The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has rejected claims by four Nigerian farmers that it should pay compensation for damage to their land.
The farmers are suing the company in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods.
Shell's lawyers told the court it could not be held liable because most spills were caused by criminal damage.
They said repairs were hard to carry out because of insecurity in the Niger Delta.
Shell lawyer Jan de Bie Leuveling Tjeenk told the......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS News Feed
Nigeria: Ogoniland Oil Spills: Dutch Case Against Shell to Begin
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 11th, 2012
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.