Shell’s Board Faces Personal Liability for Failure to Cut Emissions: Environment Group April 25, 2022 A group that won a victory over energy major Shell last year with a Dutch court order to deepen greenhouse...
Oil Firms, Including ExxonMobil, Obtain Injunctions to Stop UK Climate Protests April 19, 2022 Three firms involved in Britain’s oil sector, including ExxonMobil, have secured injunctions to stop protests by climate change activists which...
As Climate Disclosures Toughen, Corporate Laggards May Be Vulnerable to Lawsuits April 13, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Simon Jessop A push by Britain to toughen up corporate environmental disclosures will cast a spotlight on climate change dawdlers as campaigners...
Shell Appeals $2 Billion Court Judgment in Nigerian Oil-Spill Case January 21, 2022 By William Clowes A Nigerian court will hear Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s appeal to overturn an almost $2 billion award against the company...
Nigerian Oil Producer Sues Shell for More Than $2B Over Ownership of Wells October 7, 2021 By William Clowes A Nigerian oil producer sued Royal Dutch Shell Plc for more than $2 billion over the ownership of oil wells,...
Damage from Hurricane Ida to Cut Shell Oil Production Until Early Next Year September 21, 2021 By Arathy S Nair and Sabrina Valle Royal Dutch Shell, the largest U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producer, said damage to offshore transfer facilities from Hurricane Ida...
Shell to Pay $111 Million to Resolve Long-Running Oil-Spill Dispute in Nigeria August 17, 2021 By William Clowes Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over...
Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants August 9, 2021 By Kevin McGill The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in...
Maryland Capital Sues Oil, Gas Companies Over Climate Change March 1, 2021 Maryland’s capital city has filed a lawsuit against 26 oil and gas companies, saying their industry was taking the environment...
Shell Fights Landmark Case Alleging Its Climate Change Stance Harms Human Rights December 17, 2020 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could...