Blogposts tagged 'Ogoni'

This is a guest-post from Michele at the Remember Saro-Wiwa campaign. 

Gas flares burn constantly in the Nigerian oil fields.

To those interested in environmental issues and corporate accountability, Shell is a dirty name, and uttering it will likely be met with a well-deserved grimace. To those not in the know about Shell's track record, the oil giant not only massively contributes to climate change, but their practices consistently displace and damage communities, threaten biodiversity and destroy wildlife.

Wouldn't it be nice if at least once, the people pushing for environmental and social justice won against the big players who are driven by their greed, and who give no thought to the consequences of their actions? Well, that time may have come.