Africa: Former Grantee and Advisor Talks about Oil
The Guardian recently published an article by Korinna Horta and Delphine Djiraibe about the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and the impacts it has on local people.
National Geographic Focus on Nigeria
National Geographic’s February 2007 issue depicts the impacts that oil and gas development have had in the Niger Delta in Nigeria.
Honduran Environmental Defenders Murdered
On Dec. 20, 2006, two activists with the Environmental Movement of Olancho (MAO) were shot to death in the Honduran department of Olancho.
India: Bhopal — ‘The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster’
On December 3, 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were gassed to death after a catastrophic chemical leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant. According to the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, more than 27 tons of methyl isocyanate and other deadly gases “turned the city into a gas chamber.” The […]
Update: Another Victory in New Caledonia
Environmental activists gained a further victory in New Caledonia when a French court ordered a halt to construction of the multi-billion dollar Goro nickel mine.