Tag: oil
Chevron’s atrocities mapped
By Nick Meynen. Saturday 21 May is the 3rd international day of action against Chevron. At this occasion, a new map with 30 conflicts between Chevron and different communities all over …
The El Niño message: break free from fossil fuels
By Nick Meynen. El Niño translates to ‘the boy‘ and in his case, the child is unwanted. El Niño is a periodic climate phenomenon that occurs when a vast pool of …
Court Verdict in the Netherlands: Ruling Against Shell Opens Prospects for Impacted Communities
Press release from ERA/FoE Nigeria. The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed a Dutch appeals court ruling today (Friday December 18, 2015) which affirmed that Shell parent …
The Hague Rules Against Chevron in Ecuador Case
Source: ChevronToxico The international court ruled in favor of Ecuador in its case against the U.S. oil giant for causing one of the world’s greatest environmental disasters. The International Court of Justice …
The Ecuador vs Chevron lawsuit goes to a climax in Canada
UPDATE on 17 October 2014: The CBA drops plans to intervene at the Supreme court! POSTED on 9 October 2014: EJOLT has learned that the Canadian Bar Association plans to …
Today is Anti-Chevron day: Help stop this corporate super-power from getting away with Ecocide
By Leah Temper. On the international day of action against Chevron we would like to highlight a call for Signatures from the Anti Chevron campaign and a global map of conflicts …
Nigerian civil society puts out strong warning in relation to Petroleum Bill
By JohnBosco Agbakwuru. Here’s a report from civil society action in Nigeria: “CSOs threaten to move against lawmakers’ re-election over PIB”: A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, yesterday, threatened to mobilise …
Oil is getting Malawi in troubled waters
By Lusayo Banda – Citizens for Justice. When oil is found, democracy or environment become burdensome afterthoughts. This rule of thumb looks set to go up for Malawi. The recent shift …
New Political Spaces in Latin American Natural Resource Governance
This book examines how natural resources are governed and struggled over in Latin America. It questions the idea the ‘post-neoliberal’ governance label and illustrates the enduring constraints on democratic and …
Dutch Court Rules Against Shell for damages in Nigeria
The ruling by a Dutch court on January 30, 2013 holding Shell responsible for the pollution of farmlands at Ikot Ada Udo (Nigeria) is a step towards environmental justice. However, …
