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It's a slow news day here at sust-mar, so i bring you the following excerpt stolen from the Gallon Environment Letter. Now that Mobil is involved off our coast, this may be of interest to Nova Scotians in particular. hippy new year, everyone! ~paul :) *************************************************************** NIGERIAN FISHER FOLK DEMAND COMPENSATION FROM MOBIL OIL CORP. Thousands of claims for compensation have been pouring in to Mobil Oil, a United States based multinational oil corporation, for the environmental problems caused by a major oil spill at the company's offshore exploration rigs in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria, following a company offer to compensate all affected by the incident. Mobil estimates that about 40,000 barrels of oil, or roughly one-sixth of the giant Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, drifted west in a January oil spill, the worst in Nigerian history after an underwater oil pipeline burst. For example Effiong Ikot, a fisherman and owner of a small business, is among those who have made claims. He has demanded 490,000 naira of Mobil (about US$5,700) for the loss of fishing nets clogged by oil. He regards Mobil's offer of about US$250 as insulting. SOURCE, "Nigeria says Mobil power plant plan agreed," September 21, Reuters; "High Claims in Spill Betray Depth of Nigerian Poverty" By Roger Cohen, New York Times, September 20, 1998; "Nigeria's Abubakar to seal improved ties with West" By Dulue Mbachu, Reuters, September 20, 1998. *************************************************************** $180.90 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE GALLON ENVIRONMENT LETTER Subscribe to "The Gallon Environment Letter". The 8 to 10 page newsletter is loaded with up to date business and policy information that your company, government agency, or organization can use immediately. It is provided twice a month. It is also accompanied by the “Green Jobs Available Report” that is sent to you once a month. Subscribe now. Send a cheque for $180.90 a year ($169.00+ $11.90 GST) and help finance the research that delivers inside information and breaking news on environment business in Canada and the world. Make your cheque out to, "Gallon Letter", 506 Victoria Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H3Y 2R5. ************************************************************* ***************************************** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright (c) 1998 Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment, Montreal All rights reserved. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Gallon Environment Letter 506 Victoria Ave. Montreal, Quebec H3Y 2R5 Ph. (514) 369-0230, Fax (514) 369-3282 email cibe@web.net -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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