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...
Shell Faces Climate Change Lawsuit in Dutch Court December 1, 2020 By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production...
Rhode Island Climate Change Suit Remains in State Court November 2, 2020 A lawsuit filed by the state of Rhode Island against 21 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for the impacts of...
Report: 6 Texas Refineries Releasing Cancer-Causing Pollutant Above Federal Threshold February 10, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune An environmental nonprofit has released an analysis of first-of-its-kind air monitoring data that shows benzene levels at 10 U.S. petroleum...
Rhode Island Attorney General Sues Fossil Fuel Companies July 6, 2018 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin filed a lawsuit Monday against 21 fossil fuel companies demanding damages associated with sea...
Shell Plans to Restart Europe’s Biggest Oil Refinery After Recent Fire August 9, 2017 By Bill Lehane and Fred Pals Royal Dutch Shell Plc will attempt on Friday to restart one of two crude units at Europe’s biggest oil refinery...
Shell Closes Most Units at Netherlands Refinery After Fire August 1, 2017 Royal Dutch Shell is shutting down most units at its refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands after a fire at a...