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by HOMEf | Aug 12, 2013 | Fossil Politics
By Joan Martinez-Alier, Nnimmo Bassey and Patrick Bond As it was expected since February 2013 when president Correa won again the presidency of Ecuador, and even before given his track...
by HOMEf | Aug 3, 2013 | Fossil Politics
As environmental right groups the world over sadly draw attention to the pains, misery and loss of livelihood in Ogoniland resulting from decades of reckless oil exploitation and massive pollution...
by HOMEf | Aug 1, 2013 | Fossil Politics
Two whole years after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a damning assessment of the Ogoni environment, the Ogoni people are forced to continue wallowing in the toxic broth...
by HOMEf | Jul 25, 2013 | Fossil Politics
“Since our people’s livelihoods have been destroyed through oil spillage and gas flaring, coupled with the poor quality of human potential owing to poor education, the easiest option is illegal...
by HOMEf | Jul 12, 2013 | Fossil Politics
Mining always leaves its footprints in both the sands of time and on the lives of the people and their lives. You may think you have seen it all- especially...
by HOMEf | Jun 30, 2013 | Fossil Politics, General
The United Nations climate negotiations in Bonn are more of the same and we are running out of time. Everybody recognizes that there is a “gap”, but there are no...
by HOMEf | Jun 14, 2013 | Fossil Politics
California’s climate change law, AB32, currently includes domestic REDD offsets, and may soon be broadened to also include international REDD offsets from countries like Mexico, Brazil and Nigeria. We denounce...
by HOMEf | Jun 1, 2013 | Fossil Politics
Being one of Africa’s leading advocates and campaigners for environmental and human rights, Nnimmo Bassey stood up against the practices of multinational corporations in his native Nigeria and the environmental...
by HOMEf | May 11, 2013 | Fossil Politics
Durban, 25th of March 2013 BRICS TO SUSTAIN THE OIL-BASED SYSTEM Oilwatch International notes that the economic and political formation known by the acronym BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and...
by HOMEf | May 5, 2013 | Fossil Politics
Words by Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director, ERA/FoEN (1993-2013) at event to mark the 20th Anniversary of ERA/FoEN It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this gathering marking...
by HOMEf | Apr 24, 2013 | Fossil Politics
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth April 22nd, Cochabamba, Bolivia PEOPLE’S AGREEMENT Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is...
by HOMEf | Mar 1, 2013 | Fossil Politics
When the UNEP report on the assessment of the Ogoni environment was released in August 2011 the world was astounded at the level of devastation visited on the territory by...