http://www.bloggernews.net/116886 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/116886#comment-434051 alaska Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:26:07 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116886#comment-434051 so you actually believe Shell has cleaned up its act because "Shell Nigeria’s co-ordinator of sustainable development" says so? Have you talked to the communities affected? Do you believe they actually live up to their MoUs? Community leaders will tell you something different.. Perhaps a shift in perspective is in order. What innate right does Shell have to the oil of the people of the Niger Delta? After 50 years of this, why should the communities allow Shell to continue operating if they see no benefit from the oil industry yet live with its environmental and social consequences? We should be applauding the decrease in oil output, which will force the Nigerian federal government to find a more sustainable and equitable source of revenue as well as catalyze a worldwide push for renewable and clean energy. so you actually believe Shell has cleaned up its act because “Shell Nigeria’s co-ordinator of sustainable development” says so? Have you talked to the communities affected? Do you believe they actually live up to their MoUs? Community leaders will tell you something different.. Perhaps a shift in perspective is in order. What innate right does Shell have to the oil of the people of the Niger Delta? After 50 years of this, why should the communities allow Shell to continue operating if they see no benefit from the oil industry yet live with its environmental and social consequences? We should be applauding the decrease in oil output, which will force the Nigerian federal government to find a more sustainable and equitable source of revenue as well as catalyze a worldwide push for renewable and clean energy.

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