Sentence examples for environmental allegations from inspiring English sources

The market was closed with a flurry of citations of fire code and health violations not unlike the use of environmental allegations to force Royal Dutch Shell to sell a portion of its investment in a Siberian oil field two years ago, or the shutdown of the Yukos oil company with tax claims before that.

The Indian environment ministry in December 2010 issued Adani Mundra a "show cause" notice threatening to cancel its environmental licence over allegations of large-scale mangrove destruction and other violations while running a port in the town of Mundra.

She was removed as deputy minister of environmental affairs after allegations that she used government funds for private trips, and she was taken to court for failure to make mortgage payments for the elegant home she built in the township.

Apart from a major Eritrean rebel group this year warning the firm to stay away due to environmental concerns and allegations that the indigenous Afar community was being pushed off its lands to make way for the development, the Australian company has not faced any serious questions over its work in Eritrea.

Allegations of environmental violations threatened to halt the scheme and land the shareholders with fines of up to $30bn.

There have been widespread allegations of environmental and health side-effects in the United States, leading to the formation of high-profile anti-fracking campaigns.

One half of the administration had outsourced its management to a conservation group, one that received praise for its environmental work but faced allegations of corruption.

A spokesman told me that the allegations of environmental damage were wildly overstated and that even if Texaco had caused some pollution, it had cleaned it up and reached an agreement with the Ecuadorian government that precluded further liability.

The State Department is awaiting a separate report from its inspector general, into allegations by environmental groups that a contractor's review was biased because of connections to TransCanada and the oil industry.

There are vocal protests of Russia's highly objectionable recent rules shutting down gay rights, its longtime battle with free speech, using poison darts for the mass killing of stray dogs, and allegations of environmental abuses.

A Dutch court has rejected four out of five allegations of environmental damage against the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in Nigeria's Niger Delta region.