Report: East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

2 years, 5 months ago

Report: East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in a Ugandan National Park to a port in Tanzania breaches global environmental guidelines for banks, according to a new nonprofit report Tuesday. The 897-mile East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, planned by French oil giant TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation has been mired in allegations of human rights abuses and environmental hazard. At least four letters from UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights, sent to the Ugandan president and TotalEnergies’ CEO Patrick Pouyanné over two years, detail “various acts of harassment and intimidation” against protesting Ugandans. Despite environmental and human rights concerns, the campaign to stop the pipeline is “unrealistic”, said Angelo Izama, of Ugandan think tank Fanaka Kwa Wote.

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Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released

Al Jazeera

Environmental Governance Institute says Stephen Kwikiriza in ‘poor condition’ after ‘severe beatings’ in detention. Doctors are conducting various examinations.” EGI is campaigning to stop the construction of the 1,445km East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which is to carry oil from oilfields in western Uganda to a port on Tanzania’s coast. “He was taken into custody for questioning regarding his illegal …

A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says

1 year, 1 month ago

A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says

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Africa Climate Summit: A Controversial New Project Seeks to Produce ‘Green’ Oil

1 year, 3 months ago

Africa Climate Summit: A Controversial New Project Seeks to Produce ‘Green’ Oil

The Independent

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Uganda activists file new Paris case over TotalEnergies’ East Africa oil pipeline project

1 year, 5 months ago

Uganda activists file new Paris case over TotalEnergies’ East Africa oil pipeline project

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan activists brought another legal case Tuesday against French oil giant TotalEnergies, seeking damages over alleged food and land rights violations in the company’s East Africa operations. The civil suit filed in Paris comes four months after the collapse of a similar case brought by activists who wanted to stop TotalEnergies’ pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania, …

Court dismisses case against TotalEnergies’ Africa projects

1 year, 9 months ago

Court dismisses case against TotalEnergies’ Africa projects

Associated Press

PARIS — A French court on Tuesday dismissed a case brought against TotalEnergies by activists contending that the energy company’s major oil projects in east Africa violated the human rights of the region’s inhabitants and posed environmental risks. The six Ugandan and French groups said the company’s oil extraction and pipeline projects completely or partially adversely impacted the lands of …

Report: East Africa pipeline ‘breaches banking principles’

2 years, 5 months ago

Report: East Africa pipeline ‘breaches banking principles’

Associated Press

A controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in a Ugandan National Park to a port in Tanzania breaches global environmental guidelines for banks, according to a new nonprofit report Tuesday. The 897-mile East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, planned by French oil giant TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation has been mired in allegations of human rights abuses …

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Nigerian agency ‘failed completely’ to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say

Associated Press

As it passed above the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite took an image. Previously unreported investigations, emails, letters to Nigerian ministers and minutes from meetings make clear that senior U.N. officials were increasingly concerned that the Nigerian agency in charge of cleaning up crude oil spills has been a “total failure.” The agency, known as Hyprep, selected cleanup contractors …

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Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test

2 weeks ago

Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test

Al Jazeera

One of the most salient decisions of last month’s climate summit in Baku was to create a new international carbon market, bringing nearly a decade of negotiations to a close. As leaders of two international human rights organisations, SOMO and Human Rights Watch, we’ve overseen in-depth investigations into major carbon projects implicated in human rights abuses, and we’re sounding the …

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DM directs action against those who damage gas pipeline

5 months ago

DM directs action against those who damage gas pipeline

Hindustan Times

Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma issued a warning on Friday to entities engaged in construction work in the district and said that if the IGL gas pipeline is damaged or affected in any manner during such work, then strict legal action and penalties will be imposed on the party or parties responsible. Before any road construction, digging …

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Mining for the energy transition needs to respect human rights

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mining for the energy transition needs to respect human rights

Al Jazeera

The extraction of key minerals used in renewables is accompanied by abuses. Zinc is a key metal used for constructing wind turbines and, therefore, necessary for the world’s urgently needed phase-out of fossil fuels and transition to zero-carbon renewable energy systems. Such violations of international human rights law undermine the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 3 on health, Goal …

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Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began

6 months ago

Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last year’s coup that toppled the West African nation’s democratic government. It was designed to help the oil-rich but landlocked Niger achieve an almost fivefold increase in …

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A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

8 months, 2 weeks ago

A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

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EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara

9 months ago

EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara

Associated Press

RABAT, Morocco — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court recommended Thursday that it annul an agreement with Morocco which would have allowed European boats to fish off the disputed Western Sahara ‘s coast. The adviser said the agreement didn’t fully take into account the consequences on the rights of the people of the disputed territory “to benefit …

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As Congo seeks to expand drilling, some communities worry pollution will worsen

9 months, 3 weeks ago

As Congo seeks to expand drilling, some communities worry pollution will worsen

Associated Press

MOANDA, Congo — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka’s home remind him daily of everything he’s lost. Adore Ngaka inspects his crops which he says have been damaged due to pollution caused by oil drilling near his village of Tshiende, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. A boy swims in a …

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Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s $2.4 billion sale of assets in deeply polluted Niger Delta

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s $2.4 billion sale of assets in deeply polluted Niger Delta

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Local activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria’s government to delay approving the sale of oil company Shell’s onshore assets, claiming Shell is trying to shirk its environmental and social responsibilities in the highly polluted Niger Delta. Shell says the $2.4 billion divestment deal is part of a “wider reconfiguration of the Nigerian oil and gas sector.” …

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Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell's sale of assets in polluted region over environmental worries

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell's sale of assets in polluted region over environmental worries

The Independent

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Shell will sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first

11 months, 1 week ago

Shell will sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. “This agreement marks an important …

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A Crude Mistake?

1 year ago

A Crude Mistake?

Al Jazeera

People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. In this documentary, People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. And what could it mean for a country like Uganda, which is banking on major oil projects …

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The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

1 year, 3 months ago

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. There are immense opportunities as well,” Ruto said of the climate crisis, speaking of multibillion-dollar economic possibilities, new …

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Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria

1 year, 5 months ago

Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, or NOSDRA, told The Associated Press that the …

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Oil drilling project near mouth of Amazon River rejected by Brazil’s environmental regulator

1 year, 7 months ago

Oil drilling project near mouth of Amazon River rejected by Brazil’s environmental regulator

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s environmental regulator has rejected a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River that had drawn strong opposition from activists who warned of its potential for damaging the area. The agency’s president, Rodrigo Agostinho, highlighted environmental concerns in announcing the decision Wednesday evening to turn down the state-run …

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Oil project near Amazon River mouth blocked by Brazil’s environment agency

1 year, 7 months ago

Oil project near Amazon River mouth blocked by Brazil’s environment agency

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s environmental regulator refused on Wednesday to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration from environmentalists who had warned of its potential impact. The decision to reject the state-run oil company Petrobras’ request to drill the FZA-M-59 block was made “as a function of …

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UN wants International Court of Justice’s view on countries’ climate obligations

1 year, 8 months ago

UN wants International Court of Justice’s view on countries’ climate obligations

The Independent

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Nigeria drills for oil in new field as theft erodes earnings

2 years, 1 month ago

Nigeria drills for oil in new field as theft erodes earnings

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria on Tuesday began drilling oil and natural gas in the country’s northern region, anticipating a boost to the nation’s finances even as the new energy supplies face the threat from theft and extremist activity. Officials project billions of dollars in earnings from the new oil project, which is being developed by the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum …

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Live updates | UN Climate Summit

2 years, 1 month ago

Live updates | UN Climate Summit

Associated Press

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS: — Treaty against fossil fuels floated at UN climate summit — UN experts urge stringent rules to stop net zero greenwash — Clock ticking for jailed Egypt activist on hunger strike — Their lagoons languishing, precious Spanish wetlands go dry ___ U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry had an encounter with …

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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

2 years, 2 months ago

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — A planned pipeline to export oil from Uganda is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, opposition figure Bobi Wine said Tuesday, voicing his opposition to a project that’s increasingly controversial over environmental concerns. Campaigners say the 897-mile heated pipeline — to link oil fields in western Uganda to neighboring Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port …

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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

2 years, 2 months ago

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

The Independent

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Uganda reacts angrily to EU resolution slamming oil pipeline

2 years, 3 months ago

Uganda reacts angrily to EU resolution slamming oil pipeline

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s leader warned Friday that his government could “find someone else to work with” as French partner TotalEnergies faced mounting pressure to pull out of a partnership to construct a pipeline opposed by climate activists. The comments by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni followed a resolution by the European Union’s Parliament urging the international community “to exert maximum …

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New North Sea gas project to generate more CO2 than annual emissions from Ghana, lawsuit claims

2 years, 4 months ago

New North Sea gas project to generate more CO2 than annual emissions from Ghana, lawsuit claims

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If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing

2 years, 6 months ago

If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing

Al Jazeera

Most, if not all societies, are traditionally founded on respect; respect for each other, and respect for the natural world that ultimately sustains us all. It will provide much-needed support for the crucial Paris Agreement process – which itself references climate change’s effect on human rights. At the United Nations climate change summit in Paris seven years ago, we, the …

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East African oil pipeline hits the headwinds

2 years, 8 months ago

East African oil pipeline hits the headwinds

Associated Press

MOMBASA, Kenya — Climate activists — including influential campaigners Vanessa Nakate and Hilda Nakabuye — are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal city of Tanga. We cannot eat oil nor drink oil.” The …

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Manage or close the tap: International law to end plastic pollution

2 years, 8 months ago

Manage or close the tap: International law to end plastic pollution

Hindustan Times

A great variety of polymers came to be used after World War II. PREMIUM Proceeding with the intention to end plastic pollution, an international legally binding instrument needs to be introduced At the recently concluded UN Environment Assembly, in light of the high and rapidly increasing levels of plastic pollution, and the need to prevent plastic pollution and its related …

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Analysis: Can African gas replace Russian supplies to Europe?

2 years, 9 months ago

Analysis: Can African gas replace Russian supplies to Europe?

Al Jazeera

A lack of infrastructure, not capacity, could hurt the continent’s plan to supply gas to Europe in Russia’s stead. Timipre Sylva, Nigeria’s junior petroleum minister, told the press at the gas exporting countries’ forum in Doha, “We want to build a pipeline, a trans-Sahara pipeline, that is going to take our gas to Algeria, then to Europe.” Nigeria’s comments are …

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Investors commit $10 billion to pump Uganda’s oil deposits

2 years, 10 months ago

Investors commit $10 billion to pump Uganda’s oil deposits

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda and a group of investors on Tuesday announced their decision to finally proceed with oil production following years of setbacks that threatened the East African country’s efforts to become an oil exporter. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies said Tuesday that the investment in Uganda would be more than $10 …

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Cop26: Leaked documents reveal the countries lobbying UN to water down climate crisis response

3 years, 2 months ago

Cop26: Leaked documents reveal the countries lobbying UN to water down climate crisis response

The Independent

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As China’s Belt and Road Initiative steams ahead in Africa, West plays catch up

3 years, 2 months ago

As China’s Belt and Road Initiative steams ahead in Africa, West plays catch up

Firstpost

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Environmental threats ‘greatest challenge to human rights’: UN

3 years, 3 months ago

Environmental threats ‘greatest challenge to human rights’: UN

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief warns of the worsening ecological situation across the globe that must be urgently addressed. Environmental threats are worsening conflicts worldwide and will soon constitute the biggest challenge to human rights, the United Nations has warned. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday climate change, pollution, and nature loss are severely affecting human rights, while countries across …

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Don’t sacrifice human rights in the name of development

3 years, 3 months ago

Don’t sacrifice human rights in the name of development

Al Jazeera

For years in the Kazakh village of Sarykamys, people would go to sleep in their beds and never wake up again. Our recent research into the 30 largest extractive companies in Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan found that at least 11 had received investment from Western European financial institutions, including the EBRD. KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company, which also has projects …

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IPCC findings on Africa reinforced by wildfires in Algeria and Tunisia

3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC findings on Africa reinforced by wildfires in Algeria and Tunisia

The Hindu

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report outlines the severity of the global climate crisis. "With extreme weather everywhere, climate change is now a global reality… in Africa, climate change is no longer a threat but a reality,” she told DW. "So, if you compare this report with previous reports, in a way this report is very precise that …

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Alleged abuses linked to China’s ‘Belt and Road’ projects: report

3 years, 4 months ago

Alleged abuses linked to China’s ‘Belt and Road’ projects: report

Al Jazeera

Almost a third of the alleged abuses recorded from 2013 to 2020 have taken place in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia. In a report published on Wednesday, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre revealed that the alleged abuses were more likely to take place in countries with “weaker governance and where Chinese investments are dominant”. “While …

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More oil shipped as Dakota Access Pipeline expansion starts

3 years, 4 months ago

More oil shipped as Dakota Access Pipeline expansion starts

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — More oil is being shipped through the Dakota Access Pipeline to the dismay of opponents who say the line expansion should not have gone into service before an environmental study has been completed. The study will determine whether the Corps reissues a permit for the line to cross the Missouri River, which was revoked last year after …

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UK government to face legal challenge over support for oil and gas in North Sea

3 years, 4 months ago

UK government to face legal challenge over support for oil and gas in North Sea

The Independent

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Biden admin to unveil new push for US-Africa business ties

3 years, 4 months ago

Biden admin to unveil new push for US-Africa business ties

Al Jazeera

With China’s influence growing in Africa, the Biden administration is unveiling a new push to expand business ties between US firms and the continent. The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce a new push to expand business ties between US companies and Africa, with a focus on building needed digital, health and physical infrastructure on the continent, a senior United …

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'The People vs Arctic Oil': Climate activists target Norway at human rights court

3 years, 6 months ago

'The People vs Arctic Oil': Climate activists target Norway at human rights court

India Today

Norwegian climate activists have asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule against Norway’s plans for more oil drilling in the Arctic, the campaigners said on Tuesday, arguing the country’s exploration deprives young people of their future. In the Netherlands, a court recently ordered Shell to cut its emissions in a lawsuit brought by citizens who argued that the …

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Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from US

3 years, 6 months ago

Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from US

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents asked a judge Friday to require the pipeline company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide detailed monthly status reports while the federal government conducts an extensive environmental review of the project. The request comes after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled in May that the pipeline, which carries oil …

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EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

Associated Press

As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota, protesters are occupying part of the construction area and pledging a “summer of resistance” on the ground and in court. Enbridge, which has obtained all necessary state and federal permits for the Line 3 project, says it will be finished by year’s end. During a protest …

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Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada

3 years, 7 months ago

Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada

Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors that were frayed during the Trump administration. Gretchen Whitmer, a top Biden ally, ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge last fall to shut down its Line 5 …

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‘Unacceptable loopholes’ could undermine UK’s pledge to end overseas fossil fuel funding, campaigners say

3 years, 7 months ago

‘Unacceptable loopholes’ could undermine UK’s pledge to end overseas fossil fuel funding, campaigners say

The Independent

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With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity

3 years, 8 months ago

With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda, Tanzania and French oil company Total signed agreements Sunday on building a heated pipeline to carry crude oil from western Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast. Ugandan authorities and officials from Total, a majority shareholder in Uganda’s oil fields, also signed the agreements that had been long held up by tax disputes, administrative delays, and the …

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