One of the most important battles against pipeline expansion in North America is happening right now in North Dakota.
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Northern Gateway Ruling Puts Tar Sands “At Risk”
The political and economic reverberations of last week’s Canadian court of appeal judgement against the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline are continuing.
Nigerian Government Finally Pledges $1Billion to Ogoni Clean-up
Some twenty one years after the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists, there is some hope that finally, finally, the oil polluted Ogoniland in the Niger Delta will begin to be cleaned up from decades of exploitation.
Outrage Over Peru Oil Spills: “It’s a crime that has no forgiveness”
There is growing outrage over pollution of two important rivers after three oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon.
Iconic Kenyan Island Threatened By Fossil Fuels: US Accused of Hypocrisy
For decades the tranquil Kenyan island of Lamu has enchanted travellers to the country. The iconic old town, which is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, is a maze of narrow alleyways and streets with stunning traditional architecture, which feels like you have been transported back in time.
“We are bringing a message of love, of peace, of continuing”
As the COP21 climate negotiations go down to the wire in Paris tonight, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said the talks have been the most complicated and difficult he has ever been involved in.
“No more false solutions. We don’t have time”
There were two different actions over the last few days in Paris, with the same underlying message: as we enter the so-called business end of the COP21 talks, there can be no more false solutions to climate change.
Albertans Could be “Forced” to Pay for Tar Sands Clean Up
Often the debate about the ecological and cultural impact of the Canadian tar sands focuses on the day to day: the carbon intensity of the mining operations and routine air and water pollution impacting the First Nations and other local communities.
Solidarity or self-interest: Ecuador and oil in the age of climate change
Resource sovereignty, OPEC and climate change: implications for Ecuador in the struggle to protect biodiversity and indigenous rights in Yasuni National Park
Obama Bans Drilling in Bristol Bay
As if the plummeting oil price was not bad enough, there was more bad news for the oil industry yesterday after President Obama signed a Presidential memorandum to protect the vast Bristol Bay in Alaska from future oil and gas drilling.