Environmentalists sue Shell Oil in Texas

Environmentalists sue Shell Oil in Texas

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HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit claiming that Shell Oil has released carcinogens into the air in the Houston area...."On average, more than once a week, Shell Oil Co. has self-reported that it violated its permit limits and released millions of pounds of chemicals and harmful pollutants into the air around the Houston Ship Channel,"

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I guess it isn't good when the company itself admits to violations. Is this lawsuit really going to go anywhere though? At a time like this, seems to me that not much will be done to the big old Shell Company. My guess is that it goes away quickly and doesn't reach the courts.

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