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Gas pipeline expansion could fuel Pacific north-west climate emergencies
Construction could start before the new year on a gas pipeline expansion through the Pacific north-west that state officials say will undermine the region’s renewable transition and further fuel climate emergencies.
Peruvian Amazon: Wounds remain after 50 years of oil spills on Achuar land
Achuar Indigenous people from the community of José Olaya live near sites impacted by oil-related activity in and around their territory. According to reports by Peru’s environmental authority, toxic metals like cadmium, arsenic and lead have been detected in the area.
Three things that can go wrong at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria
Years of government neglect and unemployment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have given rise to a widespread industry of illegally refining stolen oil.
Enbridge hires two companies to build oil pipeline under Great Lakes
Heavy fuel ban pits environment vs. economics
Nunavut is now coming face to face with a conundrum that is being felt in communities across Canada.
Environmentalists slam Chevron, state regulators over Kern County oil releases
Historic win by Ecuador’s Waorani could re-shape extraction activities
The ruling immediately suspends any possibility of selling the community's territory for the sake of oil extraction.