Serbia’s Drmno coal mine is expanding rapidly without anyone knowing what its impact will be. Houses next to the open cast mine are slowly falling apart and sliding into it. Windblown dust from the coal ash piles is a hazard to everyone in the area. Sladan Ivanović (35) and Džemail Demirovski (53) are sitting on a… Continue reading Serbian village left to suffer as Chinese-backed coal mine expands
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“The oil operations broke families and brought tears”
Early this year Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni officially launched the oil drilling activities at the Kingfisher Development Area. This was celebrated as an important milestone in Uganda’s multibillion-dollar pipeline and oil drilling project. But in the villages located next to the oil wells, nobody is praising the drilling. In front of Uganda’s Lake Albert, a… Continue reading “The oil operations broke families and brought tears”
Growing number of human rights defenders harassed after monitoring Uganda’s oil pipeline project
Recently the Ugandan government approved the construction permit for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will allow a future export of 246,000 barrels of oil per day. The consortium behind the project is now seeking additional financing. Meanwhile, there is growing harassment of civic actors monitoring development of the EACOP. Defenders are being… Continue reading Growing number of human rights defenders harassed after monitoring Uganda’s oil pipeline project
Süddeutsche Zeitung: A critical examination of Germany’s role in bankrolling the land rights violations found in Indonesia’s Mandalika project financed by the AIIB
In die Abgeschiedenheit der indonesischen Insel Lombok wurde eine Rennstrecke hineinbetoniert. Für ein paar Motorradrennen im Jahr mussten Fischer in die Berge ziehen. Finanziert wurde der Wahnsinn auch mit deutschem Steuergeld. Das Monster und die umliegenden Anlagenwurde vonder indonesischen Touristenbehörde geplant, von einer chinesischen Investment banknamens AIIB finanziert–undes stecktauch Geldaus Deutschland indem Projekt. Eine eher… Continue reading Süddeutsche Zeitung: A critical examination of Germany’s role in bankrolling the land rights violations found in Indonesia’s Mandalika project financed by the AIIB
FairPlanet: China’s no new coal overseas pledge has a big catch
Despite Beijing’s pledge to stop building overseas coal projects, dozens were found to have still gone ahead, and the energy efficiency of the existing ones also need improvement. About a year ago, Chinese president Xi Jinping made a pledge at a United Nations meeting that the enormous coal-fired power plants funder would halt any new projects overseas.… Continue reading FairPlanet: China’s no new coal overseas pledge has a big catch
A statement to the AIIB and the ITDC: Indonesian civil society rejects sham consultations and the use of state security in resolving land rights issues in the Mandalika project
In response to the sham consultation meeting organised by the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesian Civil Society calls out ITDC’s lack of willingness to resolve land disputes affecting Indigenous populations and rejects the continuous involvement of state security forces in the AIIB-financed Mandalika Urban Development and Tourism Project The Governor of West Nusa Tenggara… Continue reading A statement to the AIIB and the ITDC: Indonesian civil society rejects sham consultations and the use of state security in resolving land rights issues in the Mandalika project
Environment protection on hold as work to extract oil starts in Uganda
Protecting the environment and biodiversity was regarded as a key element in the planning of the East African crude oil pipeline (EACOP), the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world. However, an undercover visit to Uganda’s Lake Albert region shows that the contractors, French company TotalEnergies and state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC),… Continue reading Environment protection on hold as work to extract oil starts in Uganda
China State Oil Company & TotalEnergies Oil Pipeline Project Jeopardizes Environment and Biodiversity
Just Finance International today called on Chinese state oil company CNOOC and French multinational oil and gas company TotalEnergies to strongly uphold their commitments to protect the environment and biodiversity Uganda’s Lake Albert region.
Wirtschafts Woche: While climate protection is being talked about, a new hotspot for mass tourism is being developed
G20 summit will take place in the holiday paradise of Bali from November 15 to November 16, 2022. Host country Indonesia has an ambitious strategy for the tourism sector: “Ten new Balis” are to be built. Satellite images from the neighboring island of Lombok show how vehemently investors and authorities are pushing through the mega-projects.“… Continue reading Wirtschafts Woche: While climate protection is being talked about, a new hotspot for mass tourism is being developed
Serbia’s Chinese-Built Coal-Fired Power Plant Deals Blow to Climate and Health
Just Finance International is calling on the Chinese authorities to honor President Xi’s September 2021 pledge to ‘not build new coal-fired power projects abroad’, by immediately exiting the Tuzla 7 project”