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Ken Saro Wiwa Jr. on Shell settlement
On the Royal Dutch Shell settlement.
History will show that this was a landmark case. Multinationals now know that a precedent has been set, that it is possible to be sued for human rights violations in foreign jurisdictions.
Another good point that was made is this:
But it also enabled us to advertise the settlement as a living, breathing example of how and why the commitment to peace, non-violence and dialogue is the best way to resolve the challenges in the Niger Delta.
Why is business calling for carbon caps?
I find it interesting to see corporations strongly come out in favor of a cap and trade scheme on carbon emissions.
Companies involved include Alcoa, British Airways (BA), Deutsche Bank, EDF, Petrobras, Shell and Vattenfall.
They argue that cutting emissions must be made to carry economic advantages.
The business leaders hope their ideas will feed through the G8 into the series of UN climate meetings that are aiming to produce a successor to the Kyoto Protocol when its current targets expire in 2012.
While there are some who feel the cap and trade system must become a reality (Fred Krupp talks about this in his latest book Earth: The Sequel). I can’t help but think that the reason corporations are now calling for cap and trade is because they see the writing of eventual regulation on the wall. Therefore, for them it is better to come out ahead of this inevitability and get something weaker in place now.
Strike on Shell in Scotland
I just read in the BBC that workers from four other companies have walked off their jobs and joined the striking Shell drivers. No fuel is appearing to be delivered as workers from other companies refuse to cross the picket line.
The four-day strike by Shell tanker drivers has disrupted fuel supplies at 15% of Scotland’s forecourts.
The Scottish Motor Trade Association warned that figure would increase.
They say they may do another four-day strike.
