Nearly 14,000 Nigerian Farmers and Fishers Sue Shell for Destroying Their Livelihoods With Oil Pollution

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By Olivia RosaneFeb 2, 2023, 10:48 pm295 pts
Ogale is a farming community in Nigeria whose residents can no longer farm. Bille is a fishing village where nearly all the fish have died. Both lay the loss of their livelihoods at the feet of oil giant Shell, whose more than half a century of oil exploitation in the Niger Delta has left it “one of the…

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