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 …
A unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval.
… 2017 News Oil Energy Corporations Regulation Brazil Amazon Coral Reefs Cetaceans Endangered … the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give … discovered coral reef off the coast of Brazil, Energydesk can reveal. The nearest 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 …
Left-wing, progressive politicians hold sway across Latin America, writes Benjamin Dangl. But defying their own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging development. Now they face growing resistance from small farmers and indigenous peoples.
… | 1st May 2014 News Peru Argentina Uruguay Brazil Ecuador Bolivia Mining Indigenous … referendum to ban open pit mining in Uruguay. Brazil - mining, GMOs and forced evictions While Brazil's President Luiz Lula da Silva and his …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… sustainability at a national or global level. Brazil is a good example of this illusion. … is good about the biofuel revolution. Yet Brazil is a troubled country. Its sugar-cane … into bioethanol and, while 40 per cent of Brazil’s cars may be running on this fuel (the …
Can the world survive China’s burgeoning love affair with the automobile?
… vehicles per thousand residents, whereas Brazil has 122, countries in western Europe … steel-maker Baosteel has joined forces with Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce in a … project to build a steel plant on Brazil’s northern coast, while Chinese …
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 …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… diesel’. On the other side of the world, Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer and … and rainforest to biofuel production. Half of Brazil’s sugar cane harvest goes to make … cause of rainforest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon, is being diverted to fuel …
Nicola Peel talks about her new DVD, Blood of the Amazon, telling of her travels through the rainforest and her investigations on the effects of reckless oil drilling on indigenous communities
… take a trip from Ecuador down the Amazon to Brazil, in order to research the effects of … the problem, having driven and flown around Brazil and Ecuador, I also had to become a …
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 …
Full credit to Peru for creating the Sierra del Divisor national park in one of the most precious areas of the Amazon, write Lewis Evans & Sarina Kidd. But not for leaving it open to oil drilling, risking the future of uncontacted indigenous tribes that depend on their pristine rainforest environment to survive.
… Frontier , the region straddling the Peru-Brazil border that is home to the largest …
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 …