An oil pipeline planned in East Africa could cause irreversible damage
A crude oil pipeline planned in East Africa sets global climate action backwards while directly impacting millions of people and the local environment.
Trump green lights oil and gas drilling in Alaska
Oil and gas companies will be allowed to drill in a protected nature reserve, 7.8 million hectares of wilderness across northeastern Alaska.
Guinea’s giant Souapiti dam is displacing and impoverishing thousands
A flawed resettlement process is robbing villagers of their homes and livelihoods to the pave way for the construction of the Souapiti dam in Guinea.
Dakota Access Pipeline, a victory for the Sioux tribe as court revokes permits
A federal court in Washington, D.C. has struck down the Dakota Access Pipeline, following years of campaigning by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Eigg, how the small Scottish island achieved renewable energy self-sufficiency
The Scottish island of Eigg is self-sufficient for its energy needs, relying almost entirely on renewable sources, especially thanks to a coordinated community effort.
Tanzania to build Stiegler’s Gorge dam in a wildlife reserve and Unesco site
President Magufuli in unmovable in going ahead with the Stiegler’s Gorge dam despite conservationists’ warnings of the damage it will cause the Selous Game Reserve’s ecosystem and wildlife.
Bill McKibben, pioneer of the fight against climate change, broadens his warning
Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben alerted us to the threat of climate change. In 1989 he published his groundbreaking book, The End of Nature, which was considered the first book on climate change for the general audience. Today, he broadens his warning. Humans have now emerged as a “destructive geological force”, he writes in his
Zambia cancels plans to dam the Luangwa, one of Africa’s longest free-flowing rivers
A large dam along the Luangwa River in Zambia would have posed a serious risk to local people and wildlife, leading hundreds of thousands to oppose it. A call to which the government responded by halting plans to build it.
US judge reverses Trump’s order, reinstating Obama’s ban on Arctic drilling
The United States will have to obey restrictions and won’t be able to expand oil exploration in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, against President Trump’s will.
Chernobyl, a solar plant born out of the ashes of the nuclear site is now open
The first one megawatt solar power plant in the Chernobyl exclusion zone has become operational. This is the first step in a renewable energy development project promoted by the Ukrainian government in the area.