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Four in five UK adults support new laws to tackle environmental harm and human rights abuses in company supply chains
17 Apr 2024 11:41 GMT
… deforestation linked to palm oil used in food and … requiring British companies to prevent human rights abuses (81%) and … ongoing legal case against Shell for environmental damage in … for failing to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction …
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European Court of Human Rights' ruling on Switzerland's lack of action on climate change is extremely significant for Scotland, UK and Europe – Dr Richard Dixon
17 Apr 2024 07:22 GMT
… mind its own business.
Shell ordered to change strategy
… relates climate change directly to human rights, is extremely significant. Already … ruled in 2021 that oil company Shell needed to change its … align with climate targets. Shell has appealed this ruling …
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Amnesty urges Nigeria to block Shell oil business sale
16 Apr 2024 19:02 GMT
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The human rights charity Amnesty International has joined calls for Nigeria';s … government to halt the sale by Shell of its onshore oil … business in the country - unless human rights in …
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AI Joins Expanded CSO’s Protest Of Shell’s Onshore Divestment In Nigeria
16 Apr 2024 11:41 GMT
… Shell’s onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria … of grievous human rights abuses of the people living there.
Frequent oil leaks … Shell divestment of Oil Mining Lease 26 (OML 26) to First Hydrocarbon Nigeria …
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Calls to Halt Shell's Nigeria Oil Sale Over Pollution Fears
15 Apr 2024 18:59 GMT
… sale of Shell's onshore oil business in the … Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria … to Renaissance Africa Energy raises serious concerns about worsening human rights … environmental pollution caused by Shell's operations, …
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5 Black Environmentalists you should know
19 Apr 2024 15:04 GMT
… children.”
Internationally renowned Kenyan human rights activist and environmentalist, Wangari … environmentalism was the 1973 Shell Pipeline explosion that … two people. Another Shell plant explosion would happen … Inspired by the 1971 oil spill in San Francisco …
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Iran Update, April 18, 2024
18 Apr 2024 23:47 GMT
… that Palestinian fighters used to shell Israeli forces.[xvi] The … custody of the suspect.[xlix]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that … Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and Oil signed four separate MOUs … and the Hanwell Company for oil field and “energy sector” …
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Climate Justice has Begun | Opinion
18 Apr 2024 16:33 GMT
… The European Court of Human Rights determined that rising temperatures … , ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell responsible for increasing carbon … numerous investigations into big oil’s pattern of deception … , written evidence that oil executives have long known …
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International hesitancy to adopt environmental regulations threatens Indigenous rights
17 Apr 2024 15:53 GMT
… commitments. In March, Shell weakened a 2030 carbon … citing strong demand for oil.
Another voluntary scheme that … climate goals and protecting human rights, campaigners from Earthsight, … African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Mauritius, in …
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Today In Culture, Tuesday, April 16, 2024: Sales Up At Expo Chicago | Midland Authors Award Winners | How “Chain” Festivals Hurt Locals
16 Apr 2024 12:34 GMT
… well as “Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence” (twenty). An hour … festivals (the end of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival; Hot Docs … .K.—from the Rep, the Royal Ballet and Tolkien to heavy …