No new fossil fuels and address loss and damage

Botswana is about to welcome a Canadian company into a famously pristine region. What have they been allowed to do?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants

There are honorary consuls in Toronto and Ontario, and there are negative associations now emerging from ICIJ of countries being robbed by those appointed. See:

https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/how-a-global-data-dive-uncovered-hundreds-of-honorary-consuls-linked-to-crimes-or-scandals/

As this outrageous oil exploration project is planned for this rare pristine wilderness in Botswana, there are others like the French oil exploration in Virunga Park, DRC. This deal was led by Boris Johnson of the UK.

https://borderslynn.com/2022/07/27/oil-plunder/

We should all be protesting at the highest levels.

So sad to see one of the few pristine Arctic wilderness environments will now be trashed by Willow Oil company. Fossil fuels are here to stay, and they will retain what we think of as vital for growth but we are knowingly extinguishing the last vestiges of hope for life on this amazing planet.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/controversial-oil-drilling-project-in-alaska-approved-by-biden-administration

We have seen the devastation of the Nigerian delta by Dutch Shell and we know about the centuries of ongoing theft of wealth from exploited areas of Africa. Royal Dutch Shell was founded by Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi. From WW2 to the present day, there is a notorious story linked to this oil group, written up by John Donovan.

We can’t use the war in Ukraine as an excuse to continue to destroy treasured wilderness in Africa, nor of any other rare, pristine area of this wonderful earth.

Read the story of Sir Henri Deterding and the power of Royal Dutch Shell, by John Donovan, 2016:

Royal Dutch Shell and the Destruction of Nigeria

And read of other evidence from:

https://www.amnestyusa.org/shells-niger-delta-pollution-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ongoing-quest-for-justice

And find out about OPL 245:

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-eni-shell-nigeria-timeline-idUSKBN2B92EA

The outcome of acquittal has been a disappointment to Nigerians. Social Justice is rarely achieved when the scales are tipped into the greedy hands of the exploiters.

About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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