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Southeast Asian Leaders – Go for Solution Not Delusion!

Dec 14, 2009 | Press Release, South Asia

A Joint Statement, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14, 2009Copenhagen - 14 December 2009: We, members of Oilwatch Southeast Asiai and Indonesian Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice (CSF) declare our common position and demands on the current climate...

Building a post petroleum Nigeria

Nov 25, 2009 | Africa, Publication

Proposal submitted by ERA to the Nigerian government on the 25th of November 2009 to leave new oil in the soil and to build a post petroleum Nigeria. Download and read here.

The Shwe Gas Bulletin

Nov 19, 2009 | Publication, South Asia

This month’s bulletin covers: • Rights Groups Call for China to Halt Construction of Pipeline in Burma• China must halt oil and gas pipeline projects in Burma (Editorial)• CNPC starts China-Burma Oil pipeline construction with abuses• Why Dealing with Burma Is a Very...

OW SEA statement call to stop oil&gas exploitation in Burma

Aug 6, 2009 | Press Release, South Asia, Statement

OilWatch Southeast Asia Statement to Call for ASEAN Governments Support to Stop Oil and Gas Exploitation and Burmese Human Right Violation . Realizing the ASEAN Energy Ministers Meeting in Burma which is being held in Mandalay in this week that ultimately would set...

OW SEA statement call to stop oil & gas exploitation in Burma

Jul 17, 2009 | Press Release, South Asia

OilWatch Southeast Asia Statement to Call for ASEAN Governments Support to Stop Oil and Gas Exploitation and Burmese Human Right Violation . Realizing the ASEAN Energy Ministers Meeting in Burma which is being held in Mandalay in this week that ultimately would set...

Nigeria: No More Oil Blocks! Lets leave the oil under the Ground

Dec 30, 2008 | Africa, Press Release, Statement

As the Niger Delta boils and as Nigeria looks towards a bleak future with diminished oil revenues, the oil corporations operating in Nigeria continue to garner obscene profits. This happens because the corporations are not paying for environmental costs of their...

World Bank acknowledges flaws in WAGP

Dec 18, 2008 | Africa

WORLD BANK ACKNOWLEDGES SERIOUS FLAWS IN WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE But Questions on Compensation for Displaced, “Upstream” Impacts, and Gas Flaring Remain Unanswered Civil society activists in Nigeria are welcoming the World Bank’s acknowledgement of a series of...

NIGERIA – Stakeholders tackle FG on environment at Summit

Dec 10, 2008 | Publication

By Ugochukwu ChimeziriOnly a comprehensive review of the 1999 constitution and enacting of laws to regulate man’s activity on the environment can stave off an imminent environmental chaos in the country. This was the consensus of stakeholders from both public and...

Blocking Freedom

Nov 15, 2008 | Publication, South Asia

CHINA’S EXPANDING OIL VENTURES FUEL ANGER IN WESTERN BURMA. New York and Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed CNOOC behind series of abuses on oil exploration project, says report BANGKOK – An unregulated scramble for oil and gas by Chinese companies in Burma is...