“Tears of joy here. After 13 years, we’ve won,’ the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth tweeted as the Court orders Shell to pay. In a victory for environmentalists and Nigerians whose land was polluted by oil leaks, a Dutch appeals court ordered energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary Friday to compensate two farmers for damage to their land caused by leaks in 2004 and 2005. ‘Tears of joy here. After 13 years, we’ve won,’ the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth tweeted. The amount of compensation…
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