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From ‘Valley of Tears’ to land of clean energy communities
In a world moving away from fossil fuels, few areas need more support in this transition than those where local history, identity and jobs were shaped by the coal industry. This is the story of Jui Valley's brave quest for a just transition in Romania.
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Just transition: Air pollution by oil giants is trapping impoverished communities into generations of injustice
The “just-transition” cannot only focus on how the new green world caters for those affected by the energy transition, it must account for those that live with the legacy of pollution
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Four ways Europe’s governments must respond to the global energy crisis
It’s a volatile time for Europe. War. Historically high gas, oil, and electricity prices. High inflation. Looming recession. Climate crisis. Soon, winter will arrive, leaving people at risk of a choice between being able to afford to heat their homes or cook their meals.
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Big oil’s generational curse: pollutant-related epigenetic changes keeps South Africans in poverty cycle
After 60 years of exposure to air pollution by surrounding oil refineries, it will take this South African community at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes
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Big oil is driving gender-based violence and femicide
South Africa’s South Durban Industrial Basin over the years has seen numerous events of ecological damage that continue to feed into gender-based violence and femicide
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Congo oil: The worst deal in the world to insure
Simon Lewis, a professor at Leeds University and head of a British-Congolese research group called CongoPeat, has called the DRC blocks “the worst place in the world to drill for oil”
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African activists promise resistance at home to oil-and-gas touting leaders
Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa vow to resist the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27.
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Africa’s climate action shouldn’t hinge on climate finance
After a huge push by activists across Africa and beyond, the COP27 climate conference has already ensured that the issue of “loss and damage” is formally discussed
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Energy transition NOW! Greenpeace activists project message to G20 leaders
Ahead of the G20 summit in Bali, Greenpeace activists project messages on Melasti Beach cliff face urging leaders to step up their climate action.
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Toyota, Volkswagen auto sales to push planet beyond 1.5C heating limit: study
Automakers worldwide are on track to sell an estimated 400 million more diesel and petrol vehicles than is feasible to keep global heating under 1.5°C