A Kenyan court has cleared the path for what could become one of Africa’s most consequential environmental lawsuits, allowing nearly 300 petitioners to proceed with a class-action case against British oil giant BP Plc over alleged toxic waste contamination that has silently devastated communities in northern Kenya for more than 40 years. The Environment and […] The post Kenyans Sue BP Over Oil Exploration That Allegedly Killed 500 People and Tho…
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In Kenya, 299 people have filed a lawsuit against the British energy company BP, alleging that groundwater was contaminated during oil exploration activities carried out in the 1980s.