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...
by oilwatch | May 11, 2013 | Latin America, News
World Oil BRASÍLIA — The 11th Bidding Round for Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks held yesterday by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) in Rio de Janeiro received a $1.4 billion in bids for exploration rights. The 797.81%...
by oilwatch | May 11, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, News, South Asia
Triplecrisis.com Joan Martinez Alier, Guest Blogger In May 2013, the international press has become alive to the fact thatthere is a lot of unburnable fossil fuels. “Unburnable” carbon hasbecome a buzz word in The Economist and in The New York Times. If...
by oilwatch | May 10, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, News, South Asia
ScienceBlogs Posted by Peter Gleick on May 10, 2013 The planet has passed a disturbing landmark, a marker on a continuing highway to climate disruption. On May 9th, the NOAA and the Mauna Loa observatory reported that atmospheric CO2 levels touched 400 parts per...