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Press releases about resistance to mining, oil and gas projects.
New reports find BTC pipeline unsafe for Azeri citizens
AMSTERDAM (the Netherlands), 24 May 2005 -- Two reports released today, ahead of tomorrow's Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline 'opening' ceremony...
24 May, 2005International environmental groups unite against Australian corporate assault on free speech
Joint Statement: Friends of the Earth International, Greenpeace International, the Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club unreservedly condemn...
23 May, 2005World Bank inconsistency over African gas pipeline criticized
LONDON (UK) / LAGOS (NIGERIA) November 22, 2004 -- Friends of the Earth International is calling on the World...
22 November, 2004Australian communities demand a shift from coal dependency
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 15 November 2004 -- Representatives from New South Wales communities impacted by coalmines are gathered in protest...
15 November, 2004Gold mining giant withdraws from Peruvian mount
LIMA, PERU, November 5, 2004 -- Minera Yanacocha, a unit of the US mining giant Newmont, admitted on November...
05 November, 2004Anger as Shell rejects Nigerian compensation order for 1.5 billion USD
The oil giant Shell is challenging the authority of the Nigerian Senate by rejecting an order to pay compensation...
31 August, 2004Police shut US-owned polluting gold mine in Indonesia
Groups condemn 'reckless' global mining pollution guidelines
14 August, 2004Wake up call on world bank’s 60th anniversary
WASHINGTON (USA)/JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – Campaigners around the world, from Washington to Jakarta, mark the 60th Anniversary of the World Bank...
22 July, 2004Shell’s directors promise to visit fenceline communities
LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) / DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA) - Pictures from outside the Shell AGM available from Friends of the...
28 June, 2004Inauguration of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline by presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon and Idriss Deby of Chad
YAOUNDE (CAMEROON) - Presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon and Idriss Deby of Chad will inaugurate the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline...
12 June, 2004