Why Is Shell Facing Lawsuits over Climate Disasters in Brazil and the Philippines?
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Why is Shell facing lawsuits over climate disasters in Brazil and the Philippines?
"We chose Shell because it's an emblematic company. It meets all the criteria," Thales Miola, a lawyer for the Brazilian NGO Instituto Preservar, told AFP. On Friday, the organization and federal prosecutors jointly filed a lawsuit against Shell's subsidiary in South America's largest country. They are seeking the equivalent of $108 million in compensation for catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil in 2024. The disaster killed nearly 200 peopl…
Climate lawsuits a new headache for Shell
WASHINGTON - A typhoon in the Philippines and flooding in Brazil. Twice in less than a year, the British energy giant Shell has been the target of a new type of lawsuit seeking to make polluters pay part of the cost of specific extreme weather events.
In less than a year, Shell has been sued for burning fossil fuels that are associated with global warming and, consequently, extreme weather events. "We chose Shell because it is an emblematic company, it meets all the conditions," she explains to AFP Thales Miola, lawyer of the Brazilian NGO Instituto Pservar. On Friday that organization filed with the prosecution a lawsuit against the company's subsidiary in the South American giant. Both clai…
A typhoon in the Philippines and floods in Brazil. In less than a year, the British energy giant Shell has twice been the target of a new type of legal action that seeks to force polluting companies to deal with part of the costs of specific extreme weather events. Read more (10/15/2026
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