Nigeria: UN urges Shell to overhaul oil clean-up process in Niger Delta

05 August 2011 A new UN report on oil pollution in the Niger Delta says Shell's procedures for cleaning up spillages are inadequate. A UN report on the effects of oil pollution in Nigeria’s Delta region urges the oil company Shell to totally overhaul their procedures for cleaning up spills in the region.The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, unveiled in London today, says Shell’s current oil spill clean-up procedures in the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta are inadequate, confirming what Amnesty International has repeatedly pointed out. “The findings of the UN report…

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