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Shell agrees to settle $2.1m lawsuit over Greenpeace protest

Shell agrees to settle $2.1m lawsuit over Greenpeace protest



Campaign group will pay no money to oil and gas company, but will donate £300,000 to RNLIBusiness live – latest updatesShell has agreed to settle its controversial multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace after its campaigners boarded an oil rig last year as part of a peaceful protest.The oil company threatened to sue Greenpeace for $2.1m (£1.6m) in damages in one of the biggest legal threats against the group after its campaigners occupied a moving oil platform off the coast of the Canary Islands for 13 days to protest against the damage to the climate caused by Shell. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/10/shell-settle-lawsuit-greenpeace-protest-oil-gas-slapp

Author : Jillian Ambrose

Publish date : 2024-12-10 13:19:59

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