The Hague, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Friday ordered Shell to pay compensation in a long-running case brought by four Nigerian farmers who accused the oil giant of causing widespread pollution.
After 13 years of legal wrangling, an appeals court in The Hague ruled that Shell’s Nigerian branch must pay out for oil spills on land in two villages.
It also held the Anglo-Dutch parent company Royal Dutch Shell liable for installing new pipeline equipment to prevent further devastating spills in the Niger Delta region.
The case, backed by the Netherlands arm of environment group Friends of the Earth, has dragged on so long that two of the Nigerian farmers have died since it w…
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