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This may be an acceptable attitude to some, but it is a shamefully craven way to make money.

Have a read of the Wikipedia entry for Shell Nigeria. The death and destruction they are involved in (and which the acknowledgment involvement in) is horrendous. Armed conflict has broken out numerous times and Shell has backed some of it by their own acknowledgment.

The ecological and human toll from their polluting is incredible and their own reports show they aren’t attending some spills for significant portions of a year, quite apart from attempting to clean them up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Nigeria




…no, it’s shamefully craven behaviour by the woeful Nigerian government who couldn’t be bothered to act in their citizens’ best interest in even the most basic ways.

Shell is a corporation like any other and will not hold itself to moral standards unless forced to by other entities.




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