World Rainforest Movement
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On 10 November 1995, it should be remembered by all who struggle for social and environmental justice that the Nigerian military junta executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and other eight Ogoni People (Read More)
Petroleum is a homogenous mixture of organic compounds that, together with coal and natural gas, was formed some 300 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period of the Palaeozoic Era. (Read More)
Oil has been historically extracted disregarding the costs that the process entails to the local people and the environment. Thus oil extraction has become a direct cause of the deforestation (Read More)
Fossil fuels began to replace wood as an energy source in England in the 18th Century, a switch that went hand-in-hand with the so-called “industrial revolution”. Consumption of (Read More)
The first steps International discussion around the impacts of oil industry activities gained particular relevance in the early 1990s, largely as a result of two significant events. The first (Read More)
A group of indigenous women from the Amazon region succeeded in meeting with the president of Ecuador and members of the Ecuadorian parliament. After a long wait they were (Read More)
The No REDD in Africa Network (NRAN) initiated the “Week of Action Against False Solutions”, from October 28 to November 4. The action, joined by the global convergence Reclaim Power! (Read More)
In response to the government’s decision to abandon the initiative to leave the oil in the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block beneath Yasuní National Park untapped, and to begin drilling operations, a (Read More)
On November 2013, coinciding with the UN climate conference in Warsaw, 75 African groups from 18 countries sent a letter to President Obama concerning his Power Africa initiative that will (Read More)
By Nnimmo Bassey Read the entry on Nnimmo’s blog here: http://nnimmo.blogspot.com/2013/11/silence-is-treason-remembering-saro_9.html#!/2013/11/silence-is-treason-remembering-saro_9.html
“Bleeding Oil” is a documentary about the ecological disaster in Nigeria caused by global oil corporations.
“To cook a continent”, the oil industry in Africa, by Nnimmo Bassey. Nnimmo Bassey examines the oil industry in Africa, probes the roots of global warming, warns of its insidious (Read More)
The COP19 Guide to Corporate Lobbying. Climate crooks and the Polish government’s partners in crime. Published by: Corporate Europe Observatory, Transnational Institute Research and writing: Rachel Tansey, with contributions from Karolina Jankowska, Nina Holland (Read More)
“¿Por qué luchar contra el fracking?” (Why fight against fracking?), a video in Spanish with English and French subtitles.
Also available in Portuguese. This is the first documented case of a land-grab in Brazil for biomass destined for power stations in the UK. The authors of the Brazilian case (Read More)