BG Group Faces Community Risk in Honduras
Indigenous opposition is surfacing to the BG Group’s offshore exploration permits in Honduras. Miskitu and Garifuna leaders are worried about potential damages to subsistence farming and fishing, and...
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For several weeks, hundreds of Achuar and Kichwa protesters have occupied Pluspetrol’s oil facilities in Peru to demand compensation for the company’s use of their land. Production has been suspended...
View ArticleThe Cost of Ignoring Cleanup
Occidental Petroleum and five Achuar communities in Peru have reached an out-of-court settlement in which the company agreed to compensate the communities for three decades of alleged oil...
View ArticleThousands Evicted for Clean Energy and Tourism
Thousands of Maasai pastoralists in Kenya and Tanzania are being forced off their lands at gunpoint by their respective governments. In Kenya, the evictions are intended to make way for geothermal...
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Navajo Residents Question Oil Drilling
Flaring fracking rigs stand out in what was once a sweeping landscape on the Navajo Nation. Photo by Laura Paskus. Residents of the Navajo Nation are questioning whether federal and tribal officials...
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