WWF files court proceedings against UK ECGD over Sakhalin II
WWF has filed court proceedings against a British government department to expose operations that undermine the UK's 'ethical foreign policy' and are seriously damaging the environment.
Endangered whales vanishing from Russian waters
Noise pollution from the world's largest gas and oil projects in the Russian Far East is the likely cause behind critically endangered western gray whales abandoning their only known feeding area.
Shell breaches financing conditions for Sakhalin again
WWF is calling on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the UK Government not to fund the Sakhalin II project after Shell directly contravened publicly stated finance requirements of the two organisations this summer.
Shell's Sakhalin II environmental oil permit cancelled
The Russian government has cancelled an environmental permit for Shell's $20 billion oil and gas project in the far east of Russia. This has the potential to suspend the construction of the project until the permit is satisfied.
Shell breaks environmental standards...again
Documents obtained by WWF show that Shell’s Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East continues to break environmental standards. As a result, WWF believes that the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development should uphold its environmental standards and decline funding of the project.
Shell poses unacceptable oil spill threat
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should demand effective environmental protection measures for oil spills from Shell or decline funding for its Sakhalin project in Russia's Far East.
WWF calls for suspension of oil and gas project in Russian Far East
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should not fund Shell's proposed construction of the world's largest hydrocarbon project in Russia's Far East without improved environmental mitigation measures.
EBRD shouldn't fund Shell’s Sakhalin project
WWF is urging the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development not to fund Shell’s Sakhalin II project in Russia's Far East as the oil and gas company is failing to meet environmental and social standards.
Too little too late for Shell’s Sakhalin project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has called for a public consultation period to decide on financing for Shell's oil and gas project in the Russian Far East. WWF says that it is too late to ask for financing halfway through the project and that EBRD funding should not be approved.