The “Summer time of Warmth” continues—each by way of record-breaking temperatures pushed by fossil fuels and a sequence of nonviolent direct actions focusing on Wall Avenue for its contributions to the local weather emergency. After protests final month calling out Citibank for “financing the arsonists,” local weather campaigners on Friday set their sights on finance…
Final 12 months was the most popular on report, with excessive climate occasions in lots of corners of the globe. It was additionally the 12 months by which nations reached a landmark settlement on the UN Local weather Convention (COP28) to start “transitioning away from fossil fuels”. If governments are to adjust to this settlement…
Euronav The Maran Lyra, a VLCC, is due in Norway right now with what dealer Braemar describes as an “uncommon” cargo. The ship will discharge Nigerian crude at Mongstad, north of Bergen the place Equinor has a refinery. It’s the second vessel to hold Nigerian crude to Mongstad this month, following on from the Atlantic…
A Civil Society Organisation, StopEACOP Coalition, has known as on the Chinese language authorities to rescind its selections to construct crude oil pipeline throughout East African nations. In an open letter to the Chinese language Embassy’s Cost d’affaire Zhang Yi, learn by the StopEACOP Nigeria lead, Smith Nwokocha, known as on China to face with…
By JULIUS BARIGABA The homeowners of the 1443km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) say they wish to ship the venture inside 15 months. Eacop is a $5 billion infrastructure venture meant to move 230,000 barrels of oil per day at peak manufacturing from oilfields in western Uganda to the Chongoleani peninsula close to Tanga…
The event of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has hit many hurdles because it was initially proposed in 2013. There was nice optimism round connecting Uganda with Tanzania to export crude from Uganda’s oilfields through the Port of Tanga, Tanzania on the Indian Ocean, however development has been stalled on account of widespread…
College students petition parliament over East African Crude Oil Pipeline A bunch of scholars from Makerere College and Kyambogo College have marched to Parliament to petition the Home over the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Undertaking. The scholars say the undertaking will trigger devastating environmental challenges to residents who reside close to the oil drilling…
Sources: Eacop.com, Petroleum Authority of Uganda, WDPA Commercial – Scroll to Proceed Protected areas 20 km 1,443-km pipeline Commercial – Scroll to Proceed Lake Victoria kampala Commercial – Scroll to Proceed tanzaniA kenya uganda Commercial – Scroll to Proceed 150 km Kabaale refinery Commercial – Scroll to Proceed Lake Albert EACOP Buliisa Hoima Oil fields…