Author: Global Greengrants Fund

Peruvian Coalition with EarthRights International Sues Oxy Petroleum for Environmental Damages

A coalition of organizations, including Greengrants grantee Trabajo de Racimos de Ungurahui, filed suit last week against Occidental Petroleum for environmental damages on indigenous lands.

Greengrants 2006 Annual Report Now Available!

Check out highlights from 2006, find out more about our global network of advisors, and more. Available on our website as a pdf or contact tina@greengrants.org for a hard copy.

New Southern Cone Advisor–Marila Lazaro

Introducing Marila Lazaro of Uruguay, the newest member of our Southern Cone advisory board. This board recommends grants in Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile.

Nigeria Gas Flaring Update

Greengrants has been funding grassroots groups involved in a campaign to stop illegal gas flaring in the Niger Delta of Nigeria for years. Despite a precedent-setting court decision, Shell Oil continue with the practice.

Peruvian Environmental Defender Father Arana is Threatened for Work against Mine

Father Arana of GRUFIDES, a grassroots group in Peru working on issues of extractive mining impacts, has been threatened by masked men and followed a mining company vehicle from the Yanacocha Mine, owned by Newmont Mining Corporation.

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