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    extractive industries
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    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 31, 2013

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 20, 2013

    What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2013

    U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 6, 2013

    5 Reasons Why It’s (Still) Important to Reduce Fugitive Methane Emissions

    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    Asia North America
    Insights
    April 24, 2013

    Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • extractive industries
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • extractive industries
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 28, 2013

    New Data Reveals Rising Coal Use

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Research
    February 11, 2011

    In Deep Water

    Forests
    Latin America
    Research
    September 1, 1996

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