Mozambique’s LNG project was supposed to bring prosperity to the country. Instead it has fueled the fires of civil unrest. And while local residents are struggling to survive, a small cadre of elite consultants have found success amidst the rubble.
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In India’s Coal Belt, a Window into the Challenges Facing Energy Transition
India’s reliance on coal is tied to a complex set of economic, social, and energy security factors; any successful energy transition plan will have to address all of them.
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In Colombia, Chevron has a habit of buying carbon credits from projects made behind indigenous people’s backs.
Leaders of the Cotuhé Putumayo indigenous reservation, in the Colombian Amazon, say that they do not know about the carbon credit project taking place on their land, which has sold more than 3 million credits. The largest purchaser of credits in the project is a local subsidiary of U.S. oil company Chevron.
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Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity
Fred Balikenda and his family were forcefully evicted from their home in Kirama village, Buliisa district on May 13, 2024 to make way for the Tilenga project. Photo by Diana Taremwa-Karakire. When Jealousy Mugisa Mulimba, a 52-year-old father of nine in Uganda’s oil-rich Buliisa district, was informed he would need to move his family from […]
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Pipe Dreams: Tanzania’s Oil Gamble
As funding for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline barrels ahead, locals are dealing with the harsh realities of displacement.
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TotalEnergies Promises “Net Gain Biodiversity” as it Drills in Uganda’s Largest National Park
Total claims it can make up for the biodiversity impacts of drilling in Uganda’s largest national park by preserving biodiversity elsewhere, but local advocates aren’t buying it.
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How Australia’s CANDU Conservatives Fell in Love with Canadian Nuclear
Ontario, Canada is the only place in the world to tear out wind turbines and embrace nuclear power. Australia’s conservatives have been taking notes.
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Podcast: The Massive Climate Case that Shell Both Won and Lost, and What It Means for the Future of Global Climate Litigation
Although the Dutch court walked back the specific amount by which Shell needs to reduce its global emissions, it reaffirmed the judgement that the company is legally required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Australian Public Servant Who Helped The Oil Industry Convince The World That Stopping Climate Change Was Too Expensive
Brian Fisher, an economist employed for decades by the Australian government, was essential to obstructing not just climate policy in Australia but global climate action.
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Dispatch: For a Preview of Project 2025, Look to Argentina
It’s hard for people to imagine the environmental impacts of fascism until they experience them firsthand. Argentina holds a warning for the U.S.