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context: I want these countries to go to war with the gas companies. But I don't want our military to intervene.
  I'm sick of paying to protect other civilians companies so they can exploit us all here and fuck everyone abroad as well. >
  
  Right? I can not fathom how a company destroying your ecosystem and filling your water source with nasty pollutants doesn’t call for some kind of immediate stop. Divers sent out to destroy a critical piece of infrastructure and prevent further damage to their home, or something. It needs to stop. >
  
  The people who do that would be labeled eco-terrorists and their own governments, which are receiving handsome profits from these companies, would be the one's trying to stomp them out.
  Just look at what happens in the US when you try to protect clean water >
  
  Reminds me of the BP spill.
  Theyll pay fines with the 300% profit from the last year and it'll happen again.
  Sad shit . >
  
  The maximum penalty allowed according to Wikipedia. Ridiculous. >
  
  Shell just announced their highest profits in 115 years: almost $40 billion. >
  
  All the oil companies have reported their highest profits.  Those record gas prices' money has to go somewhere. >
  
  Greed, lies and excuses. >
  
  
  The company says it bears no responsibility for the clandestine siphoning off of oil from its pipelines by organized gangs, which it says causes many of the spills.
  
  I'm pretty interested to see how this plays out legally. It's still Shell's infrastructure and they supposedly have a duty to safeguard against this clandestine siphoning and other interference that could cause spills. Or will it be decided that Shell has no such duty to ensure that its assets remain secure so as to not destroy surrounding communities. >
  
  A lot of the pollution also comes from the gangs poor attempts at refining oil. They produce some gasoline, but a large portion of the mix is wasted and dumped on the beach/river landings. The pollution then kills off the fishing industry, resulting in more individuals stealing oil to make ends meat
  Should Shell be safeguarding their pipelines? Certainly. Are they responsible for thieves just dumping waste? Idk. >
  
  Ex's dad was an exec for Shell in Nigeria....not a great bloke >
  
  Most people who are an exec at a fortune 500 company are generally pretty narcissistic/sociopathic. >
  
  What's the saying about people who seek out positions of power are those least suited to have them? >
  
  Proves what we already knew - these high oil prices aren't totally due to the war in Ukraine >
  
  People dont understand what this lawsuit is about. The communities want shell to clean up the oil so they can go back to their lives. This will cost tens of millions of dollars. Shell Nigeria SPDC is 60-70% owned by the Nigerian government. Shell, UK's stance is that they're happy to contribute their 30-40% of the cleanup costs but only if the Nigerian government covers the the rest. The Nigerian government never seems to step up though and the government "approvals" (and requisite bribes) have been going on for literal decades. The open secret is that the government is stalling hoping for more pay outs and that Shells brand exposure makes them cave and cover it 100%. The people just want someone to take the blame so they can start cleaning it up already. There are spills in Nigeria that haven't been addressed for like 30 years because of this.
  Both Shell and the Nigerian Government are the bad guys here. They're squabbling over what is effectively, pocket change for them, on principle. While hundreds of thousands of people have their livelihoods and homes destroyed. >
  
  It's clear that the situation in Nigeria is complex and both parties have a responsibility to address the impact of pollution on communities. The lack of action and ongoing delays in addressing the spills is unacceptable and has caused significant harm to the environment and people's lives. >
  
  Yeah...good luck with that one >
  
  This was literally an episode in Ted Lasso >
  
  And this is where pirates come from. These gas companies destroy their fishing grounds that they’ve relied on for generations. They suddenly have no fish and lots of boats…boom..pirates. >
  
  Ken Saro-Wiwa didn't stand a chance alone, best of luck to all of these people >
  
  Lol good luck. Large corporations are a law unto themselves. Even if they are found guilty the fine or whatever will be far less than the profits made from their rampant pollution. The fact that these people are African makes them far less likely to get any meaningful justice because lets face it Africa is not taken seriously by any of the other power blocs. Wish Africa was given more respect and help from the rest of the world. >
  
  Anyone want to bet it will be the middle and lower classes that will foot the bill? >
  
  Goodluck
  Why won't they pursue in a Nigerian court? >
  
  The fouling of the Niger's delta is an absolute catastrophe. Parts of Ogoniland are sodden in a nauseating sheen and irritating muck since the '50s. The water is absolutely foul. The ground is forever stained. Everyone coughs up blood. Sadly it is a vicious cycle of degradation. The people who have lived and fished the waters have no future. The gangs know this and recruit them to tap pipelines. Shell Nigeria and its partners are the Nigerian government's crown jewels. As long as the checks clear they'll just smile and say "we'll clean it up". Things were way worse at the height of the military junta. Times when the police would round up Ogonis and Izons then torch their dwellings. Those who protested were shot and tossed into the blackened muck. >
  
  And this is the last we ever heard of those communities. >
  
  Brilliant documentary >
  
  Shell will just get fined 300k and call it a day. >
  
  User fee >
  
  Pay the fine... Easy.
  Pay for the environmental damage to restore the land to the same condition as you found it.... That's justice and would bankrupt the company.  Privatizing profit and socializing costs must stop >
  
  Yes! Fucken Oath. Shell profits for last year was just shy of 40 billion. It’s the least they can do. >
  
  Capitalism tells us a rising tide lifts all boats. Yet it is as it's always been for colonialism: For one place to be greatly enriched, another must be impoverished. >
  
  Capitalism depends on the exploitation and expropriation of the developing world. >
  
  When has an oil company taken responsibility for destroying a location they found oil and once the oil is gone doesn't do anything to fix it? >
  
  UN so useless, should hold corporations accountable for mass environmental damage and make them pay to remove it >
  
  Good. They are right. Environmental health and sanitation is one of the most overlooked areas of health sciences but it truly has the largest impact outside of the big 2 (are you a “healthy” person and genetics). >
  
  Shell is doing what they always do and blaming the victims for their misfortune. They are willing to spend millions fighting this in court instead of helping to clean up the damage they are responsible for. This is what neocolonialism looks like. >
  
  Let Shell off the hook so long as every executive, shareholder, engineer, and worker involved with this project drinks at least five gallons of said water. >
  
  If it’s anything like Chevron, the case will take 20 years and by the time Chevron finally loses, they’ll be refusing to pay and have moved all their resources to another country where you now must sue them for another 20 years, and by the time you get close to that one of your lead lawyers will have been assassinated and the other caught up in a million BS petty lawsuits that were levied against them personally. AND the company will have moved all its assets yet again to another country. >
  
  Good. Put ‘em out of business. I want to have to ride a horse to work >
  
  Negative Externalities. >
  
  Wouldn't the fault lie with the Nigerian govt that signed those contracts? >
  
  Whew, good thing former 'Royal' Shell left our country after we already stripped them of the 'Royal' title, huh? Who coulda thunk? klompendanst away