Protest to Halt Dams in Chile
Three Greengrants grantees organize a protest in southern Chile to halt dams that would destroy local livelihoods and culture. Join them in celebrating the ‘International Day of Action Against Dams.’
Victory! Peruvian Government Pressured to Redraw Oil Concession Boundaries
From the rainforests of the Amazon, they brought their struggle right to the source. Two indigenous activists from Peru denounced concessions up for sale in front of a crowd of oil giants at the National Petroleum Engineer Expo in Houston, Texas. Their tr
Sunita Narain and India’s Center for Science and Environment Profiled in Nature
A previous Greengrants grantee, the Center for Science and Environment, has been instrumental in achieving cleaner air and water in Delhi. Read more in Nature’s February 15, 2007 Issue.
National Geographic Focus on Nigeria
National Geographic’s February 2007 issue depicts the impacts that oil and gas development have had in the Niger Delta in Nigeria.
India: Bhopal — ‘The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster’
On December 3, 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were gassed to death after a catastrophic chemical leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant. According to the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, more than 27 tons of methyl isocyanate and other deadly gases “turned the city into a gas chamber.” The […]