*[Enwl-eng] Please SIGN: The oil industry is devastating Nigeria’s environment – for Germany’s benefit?

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            Please SIGN: The oil industry is devastating Nigeria’s environment – for Germany’s benefit?
            Dear friends of the rainforests,

            An old lie that the fossil fuel industry often tells is that it can bring prosperity to countries of the global South.

            For evidence to the contrary, you only need to look at Nigeria: 50 years of oil drilling has turned the Niger Delta into an apocalyptic hellscape – one of the unhealthiest, most polluted places on the planet.

            Meanwhile in Europe, Germany was abruptly cut off from its supply of cheap, plentiful Russian gas in the wake of Putin's invasion. Since then, Europe's economic giant has been scrambling for other sources to ensure its short-term energy security. Where is it looking? Nigeria.

            German Chancellor Olaf Scholz personally travelled there as Germany's buyer-in-chief of natural gas. But Nigeria is not really set up to export gas, so this would mean investing many billions in additional infrastructure – for an industry that will soon be in steep decline.

            If this deal goes through, Nigeria will be saddled with the fossil fuel industry – and its toxic cocktail of pollution and grinding poverty – for decades, long after Germany and the rest of us in the global North have moved on to clean, green energy.

            Please sign our petition and tell the German government to stop funding the fossil fuel industry in Africa and to invest massively in the expansion of renewable energy – both at home and in Africa. Eradicating energy poverty in Africa must take priority over exports to rich countries.

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                  John Hayduska

                  Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald e. V.)
                   

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            Uganda: Yet more student climate activists behind bars
            Ugandan police and authorities continue to criminalize students who oppose oil projects. On November 24, seven students were once again arrested in Kampala for peacefully protesting the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The young environmental activists are being held in Luzira Maximum Security Prison.

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