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Activists Begin Week of Action Against Shell's Arctic Drilling

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The Nigerian government has ordered the oil giant Shell to pay a record $5 billion fine for a major offshore oil spill last year. The spill at the Bongo oilfield leaked an estimated 40,000 barrels of oil into the sea, threatening local wildlife and massive pollution along the Nigerian coastEnvironmental groups have kicked off a global week of action against Shell?s looming oil drilling operation in the Alaskan Arctic. Shell is set to begin exploratory drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas later this summer. Activists across the world have begun holding protests at Shell sites in a bid to stop the drilling, forcing dozens to temporarily shut down.

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Activists Begin Week of Action Against Shell's Arctic Drilling

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