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An unidentified man walks along oil pipelines belonging to Agip Oil company in Obrikom, Nigeria, Monday, March 6, 2006. 

West African villagers take on an American oil giant in a new novel by Imbolo Mbue

Books

“How Beautiful We Were” tells the fictional story of West African villagers who stand up to an imagined American oil company that is poisoning their land and water. 

Environmental activists hold a banner that reads: "Because watching is not an option [anymore]," as they protest outside of a court during a hearing in a case environmentalist and human rights groups have brought against Royal Dutch Shell to force the ene

Climate activists are taking their case to court — at The Hague and beyond

Energy
A man speaks with a Shell oil yellow shell logo behind him

Shell oil says it will quit a lobbying group that opposes global climate goals

Climate Change
Shell Can't swim sign

Shell Oil faces a lawsuit in the UK over oil spills in Nigeria

Environment
Margie Richard stands in what used to be her front yard, across the street from Shell's chemical plant in Norco, Louisiana. Richard pushed for the company to buy out the neighborhood and move residents.

How one woman fought one of the world’s biggest oil companies — and won

Environment

Greenpeace Activists Scale the Shard to Protest Shell Oil’s Drilling in the Arctic

Conflict & Justice

A group of women slipped past security on Thursday to climb Western Europe’s tallest building, the Shard in London. The six women are activists with Greenpeace, and they made the climb to protest Shell Oil’s drilling in the Arctic.

Wiwa vs. Royal Dutch Shell

After my interview with author Noo Saro-Wiwa, I asked her about her family’s lawsuits that they brought against Royal Dutch Shell in 1996 […]