Polluting Our World

In the article, Shell Refuses To Pay For Nigeria Oil Spill Pollution by Arthur Max, the author explains that the Shell company does not want to pay a 100 million dollar fine that was imposed because of the pollution of the Niger Delta caused by the companies oil drilling. The reason for why Shell does not want to pay the fine is because they feel that the majority of the pollution has been caused by rebels. In the youtube video, Nigeria: 50 Years of Oil Spills, the host, Fareed Zakaria explains the same thing the article says, but he also explains how these types of Oil spills have been happening for the past 50 years and over 550 million gallons have spilt onto the Nigerian costs. According to reports the majority of the oil spills have been caused by rebels not by malfunctions.

In the article by Summers, he explains how most pollution is made in cities or countries that people don't really care about. He believes that the poorest countries ends up getting polluted. "I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that"(Summers, 224). Nigeria is a poor country that no one really hears about other and is lost in the media because of other things that occur in the world. People tend to not pay attention to things that don't affect us in a manner which we can see and feel ourself.

In the article by Figueroa, he explains and talks about the many Environmental Civil Rights courts. He talks about how there are many laws protecting the environment and people still believe we need to do more to protect it. Figueroa talks about distributive justice, which is considered the just process. He also talks about the participatory justice, which he explains to be when everyone cooperates to help the environment become its best. And he also talks about the recognition justice which he says is considered the social and cultural Justice. This type of justice has to do with our beliefs and what us, humans, believe we need to do to protect our environment.

References:

http://www.worldweatherpost.com/2011/01/27/shell-refuses-to-pay-for-nigeria-oil-spill-pollution/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3UfehL5JU