Shell accused of not cleaning up Niger oil spills

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Lagos—Shell rejected Monday claims by Amnesty International that it has done almost nothing to remedy oil pollution in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta, three years after a landmark UN report called for a $1-billion clean-up. Shell said that it had made progress in addressing all the recommendations directed to it in the UN report. “It is important to emphasize that neither SPDC nor any other stakeholder is in a position to implement the entirety of UNEP’s recommendations unilaterally,” Shell said in a statement. Environmental devastation in Ogoniland has for many come to symbolize the tragedy of Nigeria’s vast oil wealth