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Communities say decades of pollution have contaminated water wells with potentially cancer-causing chemicalsThe fossil fuel company Shell must be held accountable for significant and systematic pollution caused by oil extraction in the Niger delta, lawyers will argue in the supreme court.Nigerians from the Ogale and Bille communities say they have suffered decades of pollution, including the contamination of their water wells with potentially cancer-causing...

Firm to cut carbon intensity by selling more green energy but critics say first step must be to stop new drillingRoyal Dutch Shell plans to become a net zero-carbon company by 2050 or sooner by selling more green energy to help reduce the carbon intensity of its business.Ben van Beurden, Shell’s chief executive, said the company must focus on the long-term “even at this...

Royal Dutch Shell and BP lose more than £32bn from their combined market value Saudi Arabia’s oil price war has wiped billions of pounds from the market value of the industry’s biggest companies after oil markets recorded one of the biggest price slumps in history.The decision of the world’s largest oil-producing nation to increase its production even as the coronavirus outbreak stalls global oil...

Germany leads complaint against plan to leave polluted remains of Shell rigs in placeThe British government is facing growing outrage from the European commission and five EU member states over its plans to leave some decommissioned oil rigs in the North Sea, with one senior German official describing the UK’s proposal as a “grotesque idea” that amounts to a “ticking timebomb”.Several hundred oil drilling...