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Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

An important environmental justice case underway in London today. At the Royal Courts of Justice, Laz Tamana of the Bodo community explained why the community is taking Shell to court over what they allege has been its failure to clean up two massive spills in 2008.

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Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

On both occasions the spills ran for about two months before the company sent contractors to stop them and contain the pollution. Both spills were caused by corrosion to the Trans Niger Pipeline, which carries crude from oil fields scattered across the Niger Delta to the coast.

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Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

These ruptured under the water of Bodo's creek. The damage destroyed the creek's mangroves and fishing grounds. In 2014, Shell - which earlier this year sold its onshore business in the Niger Delta - admitted liability for the spills and agreed to a clean-up operation as part of a £55m settlement.

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