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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Anton L. Delgado

Philippine victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell

Philippines-Typhoon Victims Lawsuit - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by climate change partly resulting from the oil and gas company’s carbon emissions.

Shell says it is not legally liable for the disaster wreaked by 2021 Super Typhoon Odette, known as Typhoon Rai internationally. It killed more than 400 people and was the second most costly storm in Philippine history.

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