[news] Shell told to pay Nigerians $1.5bn pollution damages

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

Rory Carroll | February 25, 2006 | The Guardian

A Nigerian court yesterday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay $1.5bn (£858m) in damages for polluting the Niger delta, a fresh blow to the company which was already reeling from a kidnap crisis and a wave of sabotage against its installations.

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