The “Raging River” unites struggles against waste disposal and Biocide in Campania
On the 16th of November, thousands of people are expected to join together in the Southern city of Naples against biocide On the 16th of November, thousands of people are expected to join together in the Southern city of Naples, Italy, during one of the biggest demonstrations organized by the grassroots network that emerged in Campania throughout years of the so-called “waste crisis”. _ Under the common banners of #Fiumeinpiena...
Fracking Under Fire, From Canada to Romania
Fracking: flamed opposition of citizens for health, environmental and safety concerns In many communities sitting on top of shale gas reserves, initial enthusiasm over domestic drilling is quickly transformed into inflamed opposition from citizens and officials who express health, safety and environmental concerns. Because fracking is a relatively new technology being used for the first time in many localities, it rarely comes without...
Over Hundred Organisations Demand World Bank Withdrawal from Tata Mundra
Over a hundred prominent organisations expressed shock over World Bank President Dr. Jim Kim’s inaction on the audit report on Tata Mundra Power Project, India Gujarat | India Over Hundred Organisations Demand World Bank Withdrawal from Tata Mundra Over a hundred prominent organisations expressed shock over World Bank President Dr. Jim Kim’s inaction on the audit report on Tata Mundra Power Project in Gujarat, condemned it and...
EJOLT new report: “Digging Deep Corporate Liability”.
Environmental Justice strategies in the world of oil. With CDCA contributions! The impacts provoked by the expanding oil industry encompass environmental destruction, health impacts and violations of human rights. The increasing contamination jeopardizes safe conditions of life and destroys means of livelihood of vulnerable communities and of those relying on healthy ecosystems. Local communities, feeling that they are simply...
Unconventional gas: ‘unsafe, unnecessary and unwanted’
Some reasoning about “unconventional” extraction’s techniques. The controversial case of fracking As conventional fossil fuel sources dry up, the industry has been developing ways of extracting gas that is trapped inside the rock formations such as shale gas, coalbed methane and tight gas. Together they are known as unconventional gas because of the new techniques needed to access them. The most controversial of...
Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT: a letter to President Correa
Oilwatch International issued an open letter to the President of Ecuador. This follows on the dramatic turn of events on August 15. Dear Mr. President Rafael Correa We are shocked by the announcement you made on 15 August 2013 that you would permit crude oil extraction in the Yasuni-ITT. We strongly believe that the original decision to leave the oil in this pristine territory in the ground was the right decision and that the decision...
