Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
… 'It's war!' Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to fight … | 8th December 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Brazil Peru Oil Fossil Fuels War Corpoirations … indigenous people living on both sides of the Brazil-Peru border in the remote Amazon say …
Brazil is about to auction hundreds of fracking blocks across the country - extending deep into the Amazon forest including the territories of remote and vulnerable indigenous peoples. Registered bidders include BP, Shell and ExxonMobil.
… Brazil to auction Amazon fracking licences The Ecologist | 6th October 2015 News Brazil Indigenous Peoples Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Fracking amazon-manaus-cut.jpg Brazil is about to auction hundreds of …
Between 2011 and 2016 the UK's export finance agency UKEF provided £109m to underwrite exports of equipment to coal mines in Russia, writes Lawrence Carter - despite the agency's commitment not to support 'investment in dirty fossil-fuel energy production'. And that's just a fraction of the £6.9 billion UKEF has lavished on the corrupt, polluting sector since 2000, while it was meant to be backing the clean energy technologies of the future.
… son-in-law; oil fields owned by Petrobras - Brazil's state-owned oil company - which has … in the company to become a major shareholder. Brazil corruption scandal UKEF has provided loan guarantees worth £1.3bn to Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… in Russia to oil and gas exploration in Brazil. Last financial year was a particularly … projects, with over £380 million going to Brazilian state-controlled energy giant … services for oil and gas exploration in Brazil, and presumably offshore exploration, …
Hundreds of millions of pounds meant to be spent on green energy will soon be lavished on Britain's biggest coal fired power station to reward it for burning 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year - meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate change than coal. DECC must stop this madness!
… Renewables Fossil Fuels Forests UK USA Brazil … likely to be felt in other areas, too. The Brazilian company Tanac SA has reported … of monoculture tree plantations in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. …
In an exclusive extract from 'Ampera We're Electric', Andrew Simms takes a closer look at what powers our cars and asks whether motoring has a greener future to look forward to
… to petrol have made significant in-roads. Brazil’s production of sugar cane, a legacy of … accelerated the uptake of ethanol. In Brazil sugar cane was cheap and the distillery …
Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma, writes Daniel Macmillen - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable development path that puts ecology, equity and justice first. Their answer - a constant pushing back of the resource frontier.
… Macmillen | 26th October 2014 News Ecuador Brazil Peru Uruguay Cile Venezuela Bolivia Oil …
The UK's conservative Daily Telegraph warns: investors in fossil fuels are 'throwing good money after bad', reports Nathan Wood, as renewable energy takes off leaving a potential $19 trillion of oil assets 'stranded'.
… oil in the deepwater fields off Africa and Brazil, or in the Arctic, where it is much …
Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park. It will be one of dozens of coordinated actions across the UK, and around the world, to bring the age of coal to the rapid end it so richly deserves.
… fossil fuel projects. From the Philippines to Brazil, Indonesia to Nigeria, a mass movement …
Despite promises to phase out subsidies to the coal, oil and gas industries, a new report G20 governments are still providing them with massive financial help, writes Alex Kirby. The UK alone is spending over £1.2 billion per year to support fossil fuel exploration and production at home and abroad.
… outside the UK included Azerbaijan, Brazil, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, …
Mark Lynas, featured in Channel 4's recent and highly controversial documentary, 'What the green movement got wrong', tells Matilda Lee why he is not the pariah of the eco movement
… increasing emitters, like China, India and Brazil into the climate change regime. It is …
The Paris climate agreement contains plenty enough to get fossil fuel companies and exporters worried about their future, writes Kumi Naidoo. But it is lacking is in the mechanisms to deliver its aspirations. That's why the global climate movement has to escalate its fight against the carbon bullies, and for climate justice.
… must keep running. From the High Arctic to Brazil , from the Alberta tar sands to …
How do we spur more microgrids powered by renewable energy? Deregulate, writes Bill Watkins, ending the monopolies enjoyed by centralized energy companies. The alternative is to keep consumers and micro-generators stuck with the energy equivalent of the 'Princess' phone.
… target one of the biggest problems in Brazil and India: power theft. The World Bank …
Are recent oil prices slumps caused by OPEC ganging up against tar sand and other high-cost producers? Or a sinister conspiracy to destabilise the Russian economy? Far from it, argue Jemma Green, Mark Andrich and Peter Newman - it's the simple result of an excess of supply over demand. And the low prices will be with us for some time to come.
… in the Black Sea off Romania, and off Brazil's coast, and oil sands projects in …
Hundreds of campaigners are gathering at Didcot Power station in Oxfordshire to demand a green energy future - and an end to the Government's relentless push for fossil fuels and nuclear power, writes Diêgo Lôbo. Preparations are under way for a series of actions due to take place tomorrow, Monday 1st June.
… with human rights and climate change in Brazil, he is now taking an MA in Media …
Information from Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency shows that at least 43 new fracking concessions have been handed out to multinational companies including Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Drummond. These concessions affect over three hundred municipalities, in the departments of Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Tolima. SEBASTIAN ORDOñEZ and DANIEL MACMILLEN VOSKOBOYNIK report.
… announcing major investments. Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru , and Mexico have also …