Slow-Tracking the Ogoni Clean up
The 30 days ultimatum issued to the Federal Government of Nigeria by the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) over the delayed clean-up of the devastated Ogoni environment did not come as a surprise t…
Infernal Oil Pipes of the Niger Delta
Perhaps the most horrendous crude oil pipeline incident of 2015 was an explosion that occurred on 9 July while repairs of a damaged pipeline were ongoing at Azuzuama, along Nigerian Agip Oil Company’s Tebidabe-Clough Cre…
Between Subsidising Polluters and Thieves
The movement against subsidising the fossil fuel industry continues to grow and is an integral part of the keep it in the ground struggle. However, in places like Nigeria, contentious subsidies are those related to the i…
Two Good Days of Inspiring Indignation
For two days in the Maison des Metallos, Paris, experts, victims, prosecutors and judges presented or listened to cases of crimes against Mother Earth and at the end judgements were passed. There were solemn spiritual mo…
Shell’s Bad Day in the Dock
The decision of the Appeal Court at The Hague on 18 December 2015 that the four farmers whose lands and creeks were damaged by Shell’s pollution can indeed sue the oil mogul in The Netherlands has come as refreshing news…
COP21 Agreed to A Climate Changed World
COP21 has come and gone, and like most others before it, the response has been varied. Some have applauded the Paris Agreement as a giant step for humankind. Some are claiming a big win. Others take a holistic loo…
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP 10th December, Paris: Representatives of social movements, grassroots and community groups, and environmental campaigning organisations…
International Rights of Nature Tribunal Constituted in Paris
PRESS RELEASE – 7 December 2015 International Rights of Nature Tribunal Constituted in Paris Introduction In an extraordinary display of global solidarity, vision and determination, communities and organizations fr…
Recognising Climate Crooks
The COP is an interesting space where climate criminals prowl about in well cut suits dripping with blood. Of course the COP means two key things: Conference of Polluters and more importantly, Conference of Procra…
Eco-Defenders Monitor their Environment
From the HOMEF stable is this brand new Guide to Community Environmental Monitoring and Reporting. The thing is that we must be alert to happenings in our environment. Notice any changes or incidents? Report them promptl…
Forests on Rocky Soils
Fighting Climate Change in the Burkina Faso Sahel Nothing prepared me fully for what I would experience on my trip to Northern Burkina Faso. My regular tours are ones to pollution sites, to places degraded by extractive …
