by oilwatch | Jul 1, 2013 | Global, Statement
Monday, 1st July 2013 To: Members of the European Parliament Brussels Dear Member of the European Parliament What MEPs should be debating instead of backloading As you prepare to vote again on the proposal to backload 900 million permits from the EU ETS, 42...
by oilwatch | Jun 29, 2013 | Africa, Global, News
Telegraphng Photos and news reports of dead whales washing up on the shores of Ghana in recent weeks raise very serious worries about the state of the marine environment there. If it were a question of one or two whales washing up, perhaps there would be no cause for...
by oilwatch | Jun 14, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
Mr. President Correa: We wish to register our opposition to the way that the Yasuni-ITT initiative is being dismantled without proper public discussion and review and to what appear to be attempts to make petroleum exploitation in Yasuni National Park a fait accompli....
by oilwatch | May 23, 2013 | Latin America, News
La Prensa Rio de Janeiro, May 23 (EFE).- Brazil’s first auction of contracts to develop offshore oil and gas reserves in the pre-salt region will be held in October, or earlier than previously scheduled, the government said Thursday. The government’s...
by oilwatch | May 21, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, Publication
Brussels, May 21, 2013 Today, a global coalition of economists and activists release a 200p report on a variety of initiatives to leave “unburnable” fuels in the soil. The EU funded EJOLT network studied a range of campaigns and innovative proposals that...
