'UK Energy Is on Trial - But You Probably Didn't Even Know'
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour.
Our monthly print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, features and columns ONLINE NOW
A trial is unfolding in UK courts, closely connected to millions of Brits - who remain blissfully unaware, despite desperate bids by the challengers for coverage.
Niger Delta civilians are accusing a UK corporation of devastating their habitat, livelihood, culture and bodies. It's the corporation that supplies 10% of UK fossil fuels and delivers a fifth of its gas to our workplaces and homes.
And yet, if the story of Shell oil spills in the Niger Delta appears at all, it does so as a faraway feature under the 'World News' tab.
'MPs Need to Listen to the Scientists, Not the Oligarchs' - Scientists Sound the Climate Alarm at Westminster
Chris Packham was joined by more than 150 scientists in a demonstration urging Westminster to start listening to the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change
Stuart Spray
Oil spills in the Niger Delta have seen bursts of fantastic coverage, with the Guardian and BBC World Service leading the charge. But the victims are as frustrated by international media as they have been in their decades-long fight for justice.
The worst leak Lazarus Tamara remembers was in 1968, a decade after Shell first drilled for oil in the region. "There was oil everywhere," he said on this week's Media Storm podcast. "Our cultural heritage has been completely destroyed as a result."
Tamara joined the fight in 1990, alongside Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose high-profile hanging as an activist in 1995 saw Nigeria expelled from the Commonwealth for over three years. Shell ultimately paid a $15.5 million settlement to families of victims of summary execution and alleged crimes against humanity in the Delta, though the company has always denied liability for Saro-Wiwa's death.
Tamara took up his comrade's mantle as one of the leaders of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). "It was out of that desperation that the movement was born," he told us.
Dr Emem Okon fights her battle through academic research, laying down evidence of the poisonous impact of oil pollution on women's health, fertility and rights.
'The Case for Climate Popularism in the Green Party'
The future of UK politics is a fight between the Greens and Reform and its clear which Green candidates are the best placed to lead that battle, argues Rupert Read
Rupert Read
"It is very important for the world to know the effects of hydrocarbons on women," she said on Media Storm, citing her own early-onset menopause as well as the local blood samples she tested, which delivered hydrocarbon levels thousands of times above WHO's permissible limit.
The resulting infertility, miscarriages, and stillbirths are more than just physic
Our monthly print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, features and columns ONLINE NOW
A trial is unfolding in UK courts, closely connected to millions of Brits - who remain blissfully unaware, despite desperate bids by the challengers for coverage.
Niger Delta civilians are accusing a UK corporation of devastating their habitat, livelihood, culture and bodies. It's the corporation that supplies 10% of UK fossil fuels and delivers a fifth of its gas to our workplaces and homes.
And yet, if the story of Shell oil spills in the Niger Delta appears at all, it does so as a faraway feature under the 'World News' tab.
'MPs Need to Listen to the Scientists, Not the Oligarchs' - Scientists Sound the Climate Alarm at Westminster
Chris Packham was joined by more than 150 scientists in a demonstration urging Westminster to start listening to the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change
Stuart Spray
Oil spills in the Niger Delta have seen bursts of fantastic coverage, with the Guardian and BBC World Service leading the charge. But the victims are as frustrated by international media as they have been in their decades-long fight for justice.
The worst leak Lazarus Tamara remembers was in 1968, a decade after Shell first drilled for oil in the region. "There was oil everywhere," he said on this week's Media Storm podcast. "Our cultural heritage has been completely destroyed as a result."
Tamara joined the fight in 1990, alongside Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose high-profile hanging as an activist in 1995 saw Nigeria expelled from the Commonwealth for over three years. Shell ultimately paid a $15.5 million settlement to families of victims of summary execution and alleged crimes against humanity in the Delta, though the company has always denied liability for Saro-Wiwa's death.
Tamara took up his comrade's mantle as one of the leaders of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). "It was out of that desperation that the movement was born," he told us.
Dr Emem Okon fights her battle through academic research, laying down evidence of the poisonous impact of oil pollution on women's health, fertility and rights.
'The Case for Climate Popularism in the Green Party'
The future of UK politics is a fight between the Greens and Reform and its clear which Green candidates are the best placed to lead that battle, argues Rupert Read
Rupert Read
"It is very important for the world to know the effects of hydrocarbons on women," she said on Media Storm, citing her own early-onset menopause as well as the local blood samples she tested, which delivered hydrocarbon levels thousands of times above WHO's permissible limit.
The resulting infertility, miscarriages, and stillbirths are more than just physic
Activity