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Azerbaijan: The continuing struggle against Big Oil

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Azerbaijan has had devastating impacts for local people. Community organizing has been essential to ensure that people’s rights are not abused as this pipeline continues to affect local livelihoods and health. Greengrants has supported several groups pressuring for accountability from the oil industry in Azerbaijan, including the Committee of Protection for […]

UPDATE: Success in Protecting the Mabira Forest Reserve!

In an update to our article last month, the National Association of Professional Environmentalists of Uganda was successful in pressuring the government to protect the valuable Mabira Forest Reserve from sugar cane development.

Hydroelectric Project in Brazil Gains International Attention

The New York Times recently reported on the latest of a series of meg-dam projects to be proposed in the Madeira River Basin of Brazil.

Chinese City Suspends Chemical Plant after Uproar

The city of Xiamen halted construction of a chemical plant after a citizen protest that used a text message campaign to galvanize public support.

Advisor Nnimmo Bassey—Opinion in Alliance Magazine on the ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution’ in Africa

West Africa Advisory Board member Nnimmo Bassey, of Environmental Rights Action, discusses why he believes that the latest Gates/Rockefeller initiative will deepen the problems faced by African farmers

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