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Coverage dated June 25, 2023

Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria

Headline from WHEC Rochester

An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river. It's upended livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river. It's upended livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Shell pipeline oil spill contaminates farming, fishing communities in a long-polluted part of Nigeria (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    While spills are frequent in the region, activists call this "one of the worst in the last 16 years."

  3. Al Jazeera

    Shell pipeline spill fouls farms, river in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The spill has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

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