An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river. It's upended livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. While spills are frequent in the region, activists call this “one of the worst in the last 16 years.” Activists describe water surfaces blighted by oil sheens and dead fish mired in sticky crude. Regulators say the spill has been contained but a further response to control its impact has been stalled, blaming protesting residents. Shell says it's taking “actions that may be necessary for the safety of environment, people and equipment.”
  • jwuEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Jumping right to blaming the victims.

  • Springtime@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I see Shell is being Shell. I’ve been boycotting this company since the 1990’s when I first heard about Shell’s misuse of its influence on the Nigerian government (they were influential in the persecution of environmental activists and the hanging of the famous poet and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa) and them sweeping the open environmental desaster in the Niger Delta region under the rug.

    People rage against Nestle. She’ll is right up there with them, trying to get away with destroying the environment where they can and avoiding environmental protection wherever they can get away with it.

  • Raphael@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    “Oil is a natural substance so it doesn’t pollute anything”. - A liberal.