Shell To Pay $84 Million for Nigerian Oil Spills: 'Inadequate for Damage Done'

Deirdre Fulton @ Common Dreams - Royal Dutch Shell, the oil corporation responsible for two massive oil spills that devastated a small Nigerian community more than six years ago, has agreed to an unprecedented $84 million settlement with residents of the Bodo fishing village—an amount locals fear still won't go far enough to repair the ecological and economic damage wrought by leaking pipelines and pollution.  Read more.