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Shell Must Compensate Farmers for Niger Delta Destruction 

Shell Must Compensate Farmers for Niger Delta Destruction 

A Dutch appeals court reversed a lower court decision and found Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), responsible for several oil spills impacting three Niger Delta communities. In a first for a Dutch court, it also found that Royal Dutch Shell, SPDC’s parent company, breached a duty of care for foreign operations.

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