thepoliticalnotebook: Picture of the Day: Port Harcourt, Nigeria. An aerial shot of an illegal oil refinery along Awoba Creek north of Port Harcourt, an oil hub city. The illegal oil industry in Nigeria is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars yearly. Will you look at that oil sheen on the water.. Fun fact: Over the last five years, Shell Oil has dealt with an average of 172 spills a year. 63 of them last year were “operational,” or over 100kg. Shell has announced that it paid $1.1 million in reparations to affected communities last year.  Bonus: Read this report on environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria. Credit: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters. Via. View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo. HIGH RES

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Picture of the Day: Port Harcourt, Nigeria. An aerial shot of an illegal oil refinery along Awoba Creek north of Port Harcourt, an oil hub city. The illegal oil industry in Nigeria is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars yearly. Will you look at that oil sheen on the water..

Fun fact: Over the last five years, Shell Oil has dealt with an average of 172 spills a year. 63 of them last year were “operational,” or over 100kg. Shell has announced that it paid $1.1 million in reparations to affected communities last year. 

Bonus: Read this report on environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria.

Credit: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters. Via.

View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

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∞  06/09/12 at 11:55am via montrealgazette.com
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