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	~~= Foreknowledge =~~

	As early as 1959, Shell was warned about the potential consequences of global warming such as [[sea level rise]] and the role its products played in generating the crisis.<ref>https://www.climatefiles.com/shell/1959-shell-earths-carbon-cycle-article/</ref> By the 1980s, Shell had extensive knowledge about the risks and reality of [[climate collapse]] and numerous major political, social, economic and ecological impacts.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/shellknew/</ref><ref>https://www.desmog.com/2018/04/04/here-what-shellknew-about-climate-change-way-back-1980s/</ref> A 1988 internal Shell document called “The Greenhouse Effect,” detailed Shell’s knowledge that climate change was real, that fossil fuels were a principal cause, and that 1.5 to 3.5 degrees Celsius warming was possible. The document also warned that society could turn against [[fossil fuels]] if they learned about how serious [[climate collapse]] was.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	~~= Africa =~~

	~~== Nigeria Ecocide ==~~

	The Shell Petroleum Development Company, a joint venture between [[Shell Oil]] and the Nigerian State, is responsible for almost half of Nigeria's oil extraction (47%), followed by [[Exxon Mobil]] (22%), [[Chevron]] (19%) and ENI/Agip (5%).

	Poverty in the oil-rich Niger Delta is inseparable from ecocide. Oil extraction started in 1958, promised to the population as the basis for future wealth. Today, the 70,000km² Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world.

	At 2.5 million barrels a day, the country is the sixth biggest oil exporter of the world. Yet while petroleum provides 90% of Nigeria's public revenue, many of the poorest Nigerians live in the Delta region where the oil is drilled from. Soil, rivers and water are contaminated to such a high degree that agriculture and fishing, the former livelihood base of the people, are almost impossible.

	~~The consequences have been disastrous: 20% child mortality, high unemployment rates, mass exodus, extremely high crime rates and forced prostitution.~~

	~~<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide">https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref>~~

	~~=== Water pollution ===~~

	The Niger Delta is also Africa’s third largest water reservoir and the groundwater is heavily contaminated. In 2011, the World Health Organisation (WHO) found an extremely high concentration of hydrocarbon in Nigeria's groundwater. It was more than 900 times higher than international standards allow and 1000 times higher than the limits defined by the Nigerian State itself.

	~~<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />~~

	~~=== Soil pollution ===~~

	~~Niger Delta soil is also extremely contaminated, damaged up to five metres deep.~~

	~~<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />~~

	~~=== Air pollution ===~~

	~~=== Massacre + Exodus ===~~

	At the end of the 1980s, the government brutally attacked peaceful protests against multinationals and the military regimes. The Ogoni people led the protests, guided by author and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

	To suppress the emerging protests, Shell-Nigeria asked the military for help. A massacre followed, along with large-scale jailings without charges and a mass exodus from the Delta. Saro-Wiwa was arrested and put in solitary confinement.

	~~Together with eight others, Saro-Wira was sentenced to death and executed in 1995 — despite international protests.~~

	~~<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />~~

	~~== South African Coast ==~~

	~~In December of 2021, Shell announced that it would blasting extremely loud shockwaves into the Wild Coast of South Africa, a vital whale breeding ground.~~

	Each shockwave would be louder than a space shuttle launch, and local whales, dolphins, sharks and turtles will be subjected to them every 10 seconds, day and night, for five months, in whale mating season.

	If oil is found, the operations and potential oil spills would also disrupt the local communities that depend on eco-tourism and fishing for their livelihoods.<ref>Greenpeace Petition, 11k signatures, https://petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz/oil-stop-shell-seismic-blasting-whales</ref>

	~~Currently, Shell's offshoring drilling is halted by court order.~~

	~~= Turtle Island =~~

	~~== Litigation ==~~

	The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[Exxon Mobil]], [[Shell Oil]], [[Chevron]], [[British Petroleum]], [[ConocoPhillips]], and the [[American Petroleum Institute]], the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>

	The oil companies “concealed and misrepresented the dangers of fossil fuels; disseminated false and misleading information about the existence, causes, and effects of climate change; and aggressively promoted the ever-increasing use of their products at ever-greater volumes,” the complaint states.

	~~= Northwest Eurasia =~~

	~~== British Cycling ==~~

	~~350 Open Letter([https://act.350.org/sign/british-cycling-drop-shell/ Sign Here]):~~

	British Cycling has just announced a sponsorship deal with oil giant Shell - one of the world's worst polluters who are continuing to drill for oil and gas in the face of catastrophic climate breakdown. We can't let them get away with using British Cycling to greenwash their reputation. <ref>https://twitter.com/TheFulhamMonk/status/1580486782386597889</ref>

	~~= Sources =~~

	~~== Pyrolize ==~~

	~~Add in re: PR & Nigeria:~~
	~~https://web.archive.org/web/20011112032931/http://www.tompaine.com/print.php3?id=1837~~

	~~(Update: South African Coast - with protests in South Africa, which led to a court order halting the seismic blasting after the announcement; December 2021)~~

	~~https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2021-12-28-breaking-court-orders-shell-to-halt-wild-coast-seismic-blasting/~~

	~~https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/safricans-protest-against-shell-oil-exploration-pristine-coastal-area-2021-12-05/~~

	~~https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/03/shell-go-ahead-seismic-tests-whale-breeding-grounds-court-oil-south-africa~~

	~~https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/world/africa/south-africa-shell-oil.html~~

	~~https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/26/south-africa-shell-wild-coast/~~

	~~https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092022/oil-exploration-south-africa-wild-coast/~~

	~~Greenpeace Directory:~~
	~~https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/act/stop-shells-seismic-survey/~~

	~~== Cited ==~~

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	== Nigeria Ecocide ==		== Nigeria Ecocide ==

	The Shell Petroleum Development Company, a joint venture between [[~~Royal Dutch~~ Shell]] and the Nigerian State, is responsible for almost half of Nigeria's oil extraction (47%), followed by [[~~ExxonMobil~~]] (22%), [[Chevron]] (19%) and ENI/Agip (5%).		The Shell Petroleum Development Company, a joint venture between [[Shell Oil]] and the Nigerian State, is responsible for almost half of Nigeria's oil extraction (47%), followed by [[Exxon Mobil]] (22%), [[Chevron]] (19%) and ENI/Agip (5%).

	Poverty in the oil-rich Niger Delta is inseparable from ecocide. Oil extraction started in 1958, promised to the population as the basis for future wealth. Today, the 70,000km² Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world.		Poverty in the oil-rich Niger Delta is inseparable from ecocide. Oil extraction started in 1958, promised to the population as the basis for future wealth. Today, the 70,000km² Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world.

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	= Foreknowledge =		= Foreknowledge =

	Shell ~~knew~~ about the risks and reality of climate ~~change at least as far back as the 1980s~~.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/shellknew/</ref><ref>https://www.desmog.com/2018/04/04/here-what-shellknew-about-climate-change-way-back-1980s/</ref> A 1988 internal Shell document called “The Greenhouse Effect,” detailed Shell’s knowledge that climate change was real, that fossil fuels were a principal cause, and that 1.5 to 3.5 degrees Celsius warming was possible. The document also warned that society could turn against [[fossil fuels]] if they learned about how serious [[climate collapse]] was.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>		As early as 1959, Shell was warned about the potential consequences of global warming such as [[sea level rise]] and the role its products played in generating the crisis.<ref>https://www.climatefiles.com/shell/1959-shell-earths-carbon-cycle-article/</ref> By the 1980s, Shell had extensive knowledge about the risks and reality of [[climate collapse]] and numerous major political, social, economic and ecological impacts.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/shellknew/</ref><ref>https://www.desmog.com/2018/04/04/here-what-shellknew-about-climate-change-way-back-1980s/</ref> A 1988 internal Shell document called “The Greenhouse Effect,” detailed Shell’s knowledge that climate change was real, that fossil fuels were a principal cause, and that 1.5 to 3.5 degrees Celsius warming was possible. The document also warned that society could turn against [[fossil fuels]] if they learned about how serious [[climate collapse]] was.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	= Africa =		= Africa =

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	== Pyrolize ==		== Pyrolize ==

			Add in re: PR & Nigeria:
			https://web.archive.org/web/20011112032931/http://www.tompaine.com/print.php3?id=1837

	(Update: South African Coast - with protests in South Africa, which led to a court order halting the seismic blasting after the announcement; December 2021)		(Update: South African Coast - with protests in South Africa, which led to a court order halting the seismic blasting after the announcement; December 2021)

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Litigation

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	== Litigation ==		== Litigation ==

	The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[Exxon Mobil]], Shell Oil ~~Company~~, [[Chevron]], BP, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>		The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[Exxon Mobil]], [[Shell Oil]], [[Chevron]], [[British Petroleum]], [[ConocoPhillips]], and the [[American Petroleum Institute]], the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>		The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>

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	== Litigation ==		== Litigation ==

	The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[~~ExxonMobil~~]], Shell Oil Company, [[Chevron]], BP, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>		The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[Exxon Mobil]], Shell Oil Company, [[Chevron]], BP, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>		The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>

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	Currently, Shell's offshoring drilling is halted by court order.		Currently, Shell's offshoring drilling is halted by court order.

			= Turtle Island =

			== Litigation ==

			The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit October, 2022 against [[ExxonMobil]], Shell Oil Company, [[Chevron]], BP, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group in which the five oil companies were members.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

			The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. <ref>https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases22/2022-1018_NJ-Climate-Complaint-FILED.pdf</ref>

			The oil companies “concealed and misrepresented the dangers of fossil fuels; disseminated false and misleading information about the existence, causes, and effects of climate change; and aggressively promoted the ever-increasing use of their products at ever-greater volumes,” the complaint states.

	= Northwest Eurasia =		= Northwest Eurasia =

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			= Foreknowledge =

			Shell knew about the risks and reality of climate change at least as far back as the 1980s.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/shellknew/</ref><ref>https://www.desmog.com/2018/04/04/here-what-shellknew-about-climate-change-way-back-1980s/</ref> A 1988 internal Shell document called “The Greenhouse Effect,” detailed Shell’s knowledge that climate change was real, that fossil fuels were a principal cause, and that 1.5 to 3.5 degrees Celsius warming was possible. The document also warned that society could turn against [[fossil fuels]] if they learned about how serious [[climate collapse]] was.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/</ref>

	= Africa =		= Africa =

TH at 13:58, 17 October 2022

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	The consequences have been disastrous: 20% child mortality, high unemployment rates, mass exodus, extremely high crime rates and forced prostitution.		The consequences have been disastrous: 20% child mortality, high unemployment rates, mass exodus, extremely high crime rates and forced prostitution.

	<ref>https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref>		<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide">https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref>

	=== Water pollution ===		=== Water pollution ===
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	The Niger Delta is also Africa’s third largest water reservoir and the groundwater is heavily contaminated. In 2011, the World Health Organisation (WHO) found an extremely high concentration of hydrocarbon in Nigeria's groundwater. It was more than 900 times higher than international standards allow and 1000 times higher than the limits defined by the Nigerian State itself.		The Niger Delta is also Africa’s third largest water reservoir and the groundwater is heavily contaminated. In 2011, the World Health Organisation (WHO) found an extremely high concentration of hydrocarbon in Nigeria's groundwater. It was more than 900 times higher than international standards allow and 1000 times higher than the limits defined by the Nigerian State itself.

	<ref~~>https:~~/~~/www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref~~>		<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />

	=== Soil pollution ===		=== Soil pollution ===
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	Niger Delta soil is also extremely contaminated, damaged up to five metres deep.		Niger Delta soil is also extremely contaminated, damaged up to five metres deep.

	<ref~~>https:~~/~~/www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref~~>		<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />

	=== Air pollution ===		=== Air pollution ===
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	Together with eight others, Saro-Wira was sentenced to death and executed in 1995 — despite international protests.		Together with eight others, Saro-Wira was sentenced to death and executed in 1995 — despite international protests.

	<ref~~>https:~~/~~/www.greenleft.org.au/content/shell%E2%80%99s-nigeria-ecocide-creating-refugee-crisis</ref~~>		<ref name = "Nigeria Ecocide" />

	== South African Coast ==		== South African Coast ==

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	https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092022/oil-exploration-south-africa-wild-coast/		https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092022/oil-exploration-south-africa-wild-coast/

			Greenpeace Directory:
			https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/act/stop-shells-seismic-survey/

	== Cited ==		== Cited ==