Tag:East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Standard Chartered opts out of financing controversial $5bn Ugandan oil pipeline

Standard Chartered Plc has announced that it will not finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The decision, which follows mounting pressure...

Faith leaders flay EACOP, others, demand compensation for sufferers

In what looks like a display of courage, over 35 Ugandan religious leaders have issued a statement opposing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline...

StopEACOP campaign demands release of climate activist Barigye Bob

The StopEACOP campaign says it is deeply concerned about the ongoing detention of the climate activist Barigye Bob. Bob, a respected and well-known advocate for...

Kingfisher: Uganda, CNOOC, TotalEnergies urged to invest in renewable energy, not ‘climate-wrecking’ projects

Over 70 Ugandan and Congolese civil society organisations (CSOs) as well as their partners are calling on the Ugandan government, China National Offshore Oil...

Activists in new film shed light on EACOP project impacts

350Africa.org in conjunction with the Stop EACOP coalition are releasing a new documentary, “EACOP: A crude reality”, that puts the spotlight on the negative...

EACOP: European parliament passes resolution against human rights violations, environmental threats

The European Parliament on Thursday, September 15, 2022, adopted a resolution that officially recognises the disastrous consequences for both human rights and the climate due to...

People’s AGM urges financial institutions not to fund EACOP

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, affected community members and climate activists from Uganda, Tanzania and concerned nations held a People’s Annual General Meeting to...

Activists indifferent as TotalEnergies, CNOOC make final decision on $10bn oil project

TotalEnergies and its partner China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have reached a deal with Uganda and Tanzania to invest more than $10 billion in...

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Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat, Mr. Ed Ubong, has disclosed that Nigeria’s gas production rose...
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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...

40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

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Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat,...