209 posts
by HOMEf | Jun 9, 2018 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Press Release
The themes for this year’s World Environment Day and World Ocean Day are centered on beating plastic pollution and thus serve as a wakeup call for all of us to...
by HOMEf | May 10, 2018 | Fossil Politics
The innovative Talanoa Dialogue (TD) took place on Sunday 6 May 2018 in Bonn, sandwiched between the first and second weeks of the climate negotiations. After the dialogue everyone was...
by HOMEf | Mar 16, 2018 | Fossil Politics
Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline: Not in Our Interest In December 2016, an announcement was made of a nearly 5000 km Nigeria-Morocco offshore gas pipeline which at today’s prices will cost an...
by HOMEf | Jul 26, 2017 | Fossil Politics
“There must be a time when we sit back to reflect on the things we take for granted in order to avoid being taken by surprise when such things disappear.”...
by HOMEf | Jul 9, 2017 | Fossil Politics
True change can come from below. Change can begin from below. True change must come from below. Just as it is the root system that makes a tree stand, so...
by HOMEf | Apr 22, 2017 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
The shocking news that all previous claims by Shell that they did nothing wrong with the highly contentious OPL 245 oil bloc deals were false hit Nigerians yesterday. Global Witness...
by HOMEf | Apr 2, 2017 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
Mass #Breakfree Actions in Ogoni, Nigeria. On the 30th of March 2017, hundreds of climate activists as well as concerned and affected Nigerians joined ongoing actions around the world aimed...
by HOMEf | Dec 20, 2016 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
Regarding the Ecuadorian Government’s Move to Close Acción Ecológica Acción Ecológica denounces the request made by Diego Torres Saldaña, Deputy Minister of Internal Security, to the Minister of Environment...
by HOMEf | Nov 26, 2016 | Fossil Politics
WOMEN UNITE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF THE ENVIRONMENT! Women from the Niger Delta communities in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross river, Delta, Edo and Rivers states met on November 22...
by HOMEf | Oct 5, 2016 | Fossil Politics
Climate change affects the world unevenly and it is developing countries which, though not historically liable for it, that have to bear the brunt of its adverse effects. Nnimmo Basseyexplains,...
by HOMEf | Sep 30, 2016 | Fossil Politics
Oilwatch International was formally inaugurated in 1996 in Quito, Ecuador. Oilwatch has remained a network driven by the conviction that the petroleum civilisation is driving humans to the precipice. This forward-looking...
by HOMEf | Sep 22, 2016 | Fossil Politics
The essays here contribute to developing and deepening an understanding of the ecological challenges ravaging Nigeria, Africa and our world today. They illustrate the global nature of these terrors. These...