In a letter they delivered to the firm’s management the activists demanded that Shell to own up to its responsibility for contributions to the climate crisis. The petitioners want the inquiry panel to determine whether respondent oil firms must account for the human rights implications of climate change and ocean acidification. But Greenpeace said these pollutants continue to ignore the plight of people and their families, choosing profit over people and the planet. Meanwhile, Shell’s Media Manager Cesar Abaricia confirmed that Greenpeace representatives visited the Shell Makati office and its other members had illegally occupied Jetty 2 of their Tabangao Refinery in Batangas. The group includes fisherfolk from Alabat, communities living in the shadow of the Bataan coal power plant, survivors of super-typhoons such as Yolanda, and civil society groups, including Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines.

Source: Manila Times February 22, 2018 15:56 UTC