Last week A UK 🇬🇧 supreme court denied compensation to oil spill victims in the Niger Delta after the #Shell oil leak severely harmed their water, crops, and livelihoods, as well as destroying their land.
However, they are abandoning injured areas and selling to local enterprises accused of even more spills and gas flaring as a result of corruption and lax regulation.
This is injustice and we need to speak up against it, enough is enough, people need justice not injustice.
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The Colonial Exploitation of Africa’s fossil fuels must stop.
It is a disgrace to see Africa, with fossil fuel exploitation centered on the needs of the West.
Last year Oilwatch Africa – released a report exposing the hypocrisy of the West in the climate change debate.-thread🧵
While new fossil fuel projects should be avoided to keep global warming below 1.5°C, Africa remains a hotspot for Western multinational corporations.
Two-thirds of these projects are carried out by multinational corporations with headquarters outside of Africa, and the majority are export-oriented to meet Western demands.
My name is Nyombi Morris, and I am a young Ugandan environmental activist.
As a result, I made the decision to begin implementing climate education in schools in 2021.
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Now that schools have resumed, I am pleased to inform you that we will return with the same mission of empowering, equipping, and educating in the third consecutive year 2023.
Climate change is one of the most serious issues confronting our planet, and children will be disproportionately affected.
SHOCKING: The UK based company Brencowe Resources Plc has been granted a 21year license of exploration of graphite in northern Uganda in kitgum District. Deal Value is circa €800,000
It is set to kick off in Jan-2023 despite all the climate pledges (Thread) #WorldEnvironmentDay
@BlencoweRes is quickly planning to start after foreseaing that the demans for graphite is expected to expand by 2025 on words
To those who don’t know the importance of graphite.
Graphites is essential in silicon production that is used in solar panel
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it also helps in Automotive industry in making electric vehicles, battery and fuel cells.
This deal is lead by Mike Ralston as the CEO and Lain Wearning,
In times like these when we are trying all our best to keep temperature to 1.5 degrees. (Thread)