The Labour Party, the biggest one in the parliament of Norway, recently withdrew its support for the explorative drilling for oil off the Lofoten islands in the Arctic that are considered a natural wonder. This move created a majority against oil drilling in this sensitive offshore area and illustrates the […]
Waorani, an Ecuador indigenous tribe, won the first victory against oil companies in a ruling which prohibits their entry on ancestral Amazon lands to explore for oil extraction purposes. After two weeks of deliberations, the criminal court in Puyo in Central Ecuador accepted a bid from the Waorani for court […]