Greenwashing It is now popular to be environmentally conscious in American society. It is completely acknowledged by the populace that oil will‚ indeed‚ run out within a lifetime‚ leaving a demand for a different kind of energy source. Hybrid cars‚ such as the Prius are now mainstream‚ recycling is day-to-day‚ finding organic fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meat is as easy as walking to the nearest grocery store‚ and using plastic bags has been deemed unacceptable. Global warming‚ while debated and questioned
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Revenue flow and human rights: a paradox for Shell Nigeria Case analysis Professor Alvarez 4/11/2013 Introduction: The case describes Shell’s evolution within the context of sensitive human rights issues related to oil exploration and exploitation in Nigeria. Given that much of the revenue from Nigerian oil resources was being diverted by corrupt state governors‚ the case focuses on issues relevant to government transparency and corruption. It describes Shell’s involvement in the Extractive
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The Niger Delta Petroleum System: Niger Delta Province‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ and Equatorial Guinea‚ AfricabyMichele L. W. Tuttle‚ Ronald R. Charpentier‚ and Michael E. BrownfieldOpen-File Report 99-50-H | Chapter ATertiary Niger Delta (Akata-Agbada) Petroleum System (No. 701901)‚ Niger Delta Province‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ and Equatorial Guinea‚ Africaby Michele L. W. Tuttle‚ Michael E. Brownfield‚ and Ronald R. CharpentierABSTRACT In the Niger Delta province‚ we have identified one petroleum
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kd1d44 Pollution and the Responsibility of Multinational Companies Managing in the Global Environment BOKHABRINE Ayoub Monroe College Abstract The worlds changing perception of the environment and the further development of globalization throughout our planet is having a profound effect on our ability to maintain a balance between development and the environment. Globalization is taking over and it is the opinion of many that multi-national corporations are gaining more power in
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INTRODUCTION The gross attainment of independence of the States now known as Third World countries in the 1960s and 1970s‚ the attendant political instability and the quest for technological development to have a place in the global economy made investments by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) across the globe a piecemeal. In other words‚ these created interstice for economic niche‚ which now serves as the mother of intrusion in the governance of countries of the Global South. This was not also
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Global Business and Economics Research Journal ISSN: 2302-4593 Vol. 2 (5): 102 - 115 The impact of petroleum on economic growth in Nigeria Michael Baghebo Niger Delta University‚ Bayelsa State‚ Nigeria baghebomichael@yahoo.com Timothy Okule Atima Niger Delta University‚ Bayelsa State‚ Nigeria Abstract The study examines the impact of petroleum on economic growth of the Nigerian economy. Data covering the period 1980-2011 was collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin
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upstream company. The upstream oil industry is the single most important sector in the country ’s economy‚ providing over 90% of its total exports. Oil is produced from five of Nigeria’s seven sedimentary basins: the Niger Delta‚ Anambra‚ Benue Trough‚ Chad‚ and Benin. The Niger Delta‚ the Onshore and Shallow Offshore basins can be considered fairly well to well explored. Ventures here are low risk and the basins contain about 80% of producing wells drilled in Nigeria. During the later 1990s exploration
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Markets with Reference to the Environment. University of Lincoln Moriam O. Kosoko KOS11255292 MSc International Business 2013 Word Count: 15‚725 Acknowledgments Table of Contents Title page.....………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Table of Contents ...…………………………………………………………………………………………3-5 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………6
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resource. The activities of large oil corporations such as Mobil‚ Chevron‚ Shell‚ Elf‚ Agip etc have raised many concerns and criticisms. A series of repressive and corrupt governments in Nigeria have been supported and maintained by western governments and oil corporations. Seeking the benefits from the fossil fuel that can be exploited. As people and transnational oil corporations have been fighting over this resource in the delta region‚ immense poverty and environmental destruction have
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CONTRIBUTION OF WOMAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA BY A. O. I. GABRIEL AND HOW IT AFFECTS OKRIKA. Introduction The Niger Delta is located in Southern Nigeria and is Africa’s largest delta‚ covering about 70‚000 square kilometers‚ and with about one-third of it made up of wetlands‚ and the third largest world mangrove forests. The Niger Delta is unique in Nigeria because it is the home of Nigeria’s oil industry‚ with its attendant environmental hazards such as water‚ land‚ air pollution‚ etc. Human activities
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