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  • Shell under fire from international activists.
    Red Pepper, UK 4/28/03
  • Green shareholders
    Oil giant Shell is the latest company to come under pressure from shareholders over its environmental record.
    CNN 4/25/03
  • Shell stung by boardroom pay revolt
    The oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell received a slap across the wrists yesterday from shareholders rebelling over boardroom pay and the company's environmental record.
    Independent UK, 4/24/03
  • Shell shareholders rebel on board pay
    Almost a quarter of Shell shareholders yesterday spearheaded one of Britain's most significant revolts against excess boardroom pay by voting against the oil group's remuneration policy.
    The Guardian UK, 4/24/03
  • Standing up for Vallejo Plan for power plant at closed shipyard turns residents into activists
    SF Chronicle, 2/3/03
  • Mayor, city manager: Kill the LNG project
    Vallejo News, 1/14/03
  • Shell warns of explosion as Nigerian villagers scoop oil from spill
    AP, 12/03/02
  • Shell Oil and the Politics of Hype By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

  • Shell Neighbors from Globe to Gather in Port Arthur, Texas
    September 24th, 2003
    Shell Neighbors from Globe to Gather in Port Arthur, Texas to Share Strategies and Express Solidarity for Justice and Accountability.

    Shell, DEQ settle emission charges
    by Matt ScallanTimes-Picayune
    March 15th, 2007
    Shell Chemical has agreed to spend $6.5 million to settle charges that it violated air and other emissions standards between 1999 and 2003 at its plants in St. Charles and Ascension parishes

    Philippine Supreme Court Decision May Force Shell and Chevron to Close Oil Depot
    FACES
    March 12th, 2007
    Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) press release regarding the Philippine Supreme Court ordered relocation of the Pandacan Oil Depot.

    SC orders oil firms to leave Pandacan
    by Leila Salaverria, Allison LopezInquirer
    March 8th, 2007
    The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the closure of the Pandacan oil depot in Manila that three big oil companies are using because it could be a terrorist target.

    SC orders removal of Manila oil depot
    by Mike Frialde And Evelyn MacairanThe Philippine Star
    March 8th, 2007
    The Supremem Court ordered the closure of the Pandacan oil depot located in Manila, Philippines. This is a good article on the history and lead up to the closure.

    Petron: Relocating Pandacan depot may take 7 yrs
    GMA News
    March 8th, 2007
    The relocation of Petron Corp.'s oil depot from Pandacan, Manila as ordered by the Supreme Court may take at least seven years and cost P10 billion.

    Huge environmental victory for residents of Pandacan, Manila!
    Fenceline Community for Human Safety And Environmental Protection-Pandacan, Manila
    March 7th, 2007
    Supreme Court orders the closure of Pandacan oil depot!

    Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering
    by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian
    March 5th, 2007
    Shell has been repeatedly warned by the Health and Safety Executive about the poor state of its North Sea platforms, according to information obtained by the Guardian.

    Peaceful protest marred by breach
    by Áine RyanThe Mayo News
    February 21st, 2007
    IT was more samba than céilí at the Glenamoy crossroads shortly before 7.30am last Friday morning as hundreds of supporters gathered for a day of support and solidarity for the Shell to Sea campaign.

    Russian watchdog to complete eco-damage assessment on Sakhalin II - 1
    RIA Novosti
    February 14th, 2007
    A deputy head of Russia's environmental watchdog said that an assessment of damage caused by the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East (a former Shell project) can be expected by late summer 2007.


    by Áine RyanThe Mayo News
    February 13th, 2007
    FIVE new routes have been identified by Shell as potential corridors for bringing the controversial Corrib gas inshore to the proposed refinery at Bellanaboy, according to the company's Communications Officer in Mayo, Mr Christy Loftus.

    Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser
    by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian
    February 5th, 2007
    Gale Norton, a former interior secretary for the Bush administration and a supporter of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other sensitive environmental landscapes for oil production, has taken up a senior legal post at Shell.

    OIL SPILL AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
    February 3rd, 2007
    Climate activists splatter oil across photo exhibition in outrage at Shell greenwash tactics. Link to photographs of the protest in the article.

    Sakhalin and Nigeria force Shell to shelve key targets
    by James MooreThe Independent (UK)
    February 2nd, 2007
    US and UK oil majors post record-breaking profits but growth prospects under scrutiny Shell has been forced to ditch its target of producing 4 million barrels of oil a day by 2009, because of a series of setbacks on key projects.

    Profits up a fifth but Shell emits more CO2 than most countries
    by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian (UK)
    February 2nd, 2007
    ExxonMobil and Shell, two of the biggest carbon emitters in the world, reported combined annual profits yesterday of nearly £90m a day, earned largely from oil production, refining and petrol stations.

    Shell earns £25,000 every 60 seconds by Widiane Moussa and Eugene Henderson.
    by Widiane Moussa and Eugene HendersonThe London Paper
    February 1st, 2007
    Oil giant Shell today announced record annual profits for a UK listed firm – coining a staggering £25,000 per minute.The Anglo-Dutch company unveiled annual profits of £12.72 billion – up 21 per cent year-on-year – on the back of high oil prices and increased production. However, pocketing £35 million a day didn’t seem to impress chief executive Jeroen van der Veer, who described the figures as only “good”.

    New report about damage to the environment and communities caused by Shell Royal Dutch Shell: Use your profits to clean up your mess!
    February 1st, 2007
    A new report, launched the day before oil giant Shell announces its 2006 annual profits (on 1 February 2007) calls on Shell to use the profits to begin cleaning up damage it has caused to communities and the environment. Full page ads in two Dutch newspapers were released the same day.

    Shell Use your Profits to Clean up Your Mess
    Business Report- Johannesburg
    February 1st, 2007
    Press on Shell from Johannesburg, South Africa

    Campaigners Urge Shell to put Profits into Clean-up
    by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian (UK)
    January 31st, 2007
    Record annual profits to be announced by Shell tomorrow should be used towards paying off a bill estimated at more than $20bn (£10bn) for the damage caused by its oil activities to local communities and the wider environment, according to an alliance of human rights and green groups including Friends of the Earth (FoE).

    Wildlife 'snappers' to highlight harm done by Shell
    by Hannah GriffithsFriends of the Earth
    Friends of the Earth are calling on wildlife lovers and photographers to submit images that highlight the damage done to wildlife by oil and gas companies, including Shell, to the 2007 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Read how to submit your photographs here!

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