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Press releases about resistance to mining, oil and gas projects.
Beacons of hope for threatened Norwegian arctic
Brussels/Oslo, 11th March 2017 – Beacons, traditionally lit by communities along the coast of Norway to warn of imminent...
10 March, 2017African and French civil society challenge French funding of dirty energy
JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA) / PARIS (FRANCE), 13th May 2015 -- This Friday, 15th of May, over a thousand protesters,...
13 May, 2015Environmental activism under threat in Malaysia
PENANG, MALAYSIA, 7 October 2014 – On the eve of the October 10-18 global ‘Reclaim Power’ week, Friends of...
09 October, 2014Nigeria: oil giant Shell criticized over Nigeria pipelines ‘sabotage’ claims
Friends of the Earth International and Amnesty International AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Claims by Shell that sabotage is responsible...
19 June, 2013Dutch court ruling against Shell a partial victory
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, January 30, 2013 – Today a Dutch court ruled that Shell Nigeria is responsible for...
30 January, 2013New report: smartphones devastating Indonesian island people, forests, and corals
LONDON (UK) / BANGKA (INDONESIA) 24 November 2012 – Smartphones sold by best-selling brands almost certainly contain tin from...
24 November, 2012International mission in Guatemala and El Salvador: ‘transnational corporations pillage natural resources and violate human rights’
SAN SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR), November 19, 2012 - An international mission organized by environmental federation Friends of the Earth...
19 November, 2012Seventy thousand people ask oil giant Shell to clean up its mess in Nigeria
AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS), May 21st, 2012 – On the eve of the annual general meeting of oil giant Shell,...
21 May, 2012Polluting Brazilian mining giant Vale exposed
DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) / PORTO ALEGRE (BRAZIL), 27 JANUARY 2012 -- With more than 25,000 votes, the Brazilian mining giant...
27 January, 2012New report: memory, truth and justice for heroes in the resistance against mining oil and gas
10 November 2011 – Today, on the 16th anniversary of the murder of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa - a...
10 November, 2011