by oilwatch | May 2, 2013 | Africa, Latin America, Publication, South Asia
THE AFRICA REPORT When Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, published the first articles on climate change in 1896, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere was 300 parts per million (ppm). It is now reaching 400 ppm and rising 2 ppm per...
by oilwatch | Apr 4, 2013 | Africa, News
EJOLT Oil permeates our existence. From water bottles, plastics, fuels and paints to fertilizers, fabrics and solvents. Yet despite its ubiquity, the reality of the infrastructure behind oil extraction – the pipelines, terminals, offshore rigs, the tankers that ply...
by oilwatch | Apr 3, 2013 | Africa, Latin America, News
LA PRENSA Brazil’s ANP energy regulator has authorized six more companies to participate in an auction of offshore oil and natural gas exploration and production blocks. The six newly qualified companies bring to 44 the number registered to participate in the...
by oilwatch | Mar 31, 2013 | Africa, News
Environmental Rights Action Outraged by the rampant land grabs and neocolonialism of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation), Africans at the World Social Forum in Tunisia took the historic decision to launch the No REDD in Africa Network...
by oilwatch | Mar 26, 2013 | Africa, Statement
Durban, 26th of March 2013 Oilwatch International notes that the economic and political formation known by the acronym BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) started as an idea of Goldman Sachs for describing the main emerging markets. It is easy to...
by oilwatch | Jan 29, 2013 | Africa, News
Equaltimes Four Nigerian farmers and fishermen who are victims of multinational oil giant Shell’s unrelenting polluting activities in the Niger Delta are striving for justice. The four Nigerian plaintiffs stand with supporters outside the court in The Hague. If...
