Oil Industry

Conflict with Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts

By Stephen Leahy
Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year. One corporation alone reported a six billion dollar cost over a two-year period according to the first-ever peer-reviewed study on the cost of conflicts in the extractive sector.

Mexican Communities On Guard Against Thirst for Oil

By Emilio Godoy
The Terra 123 oil and gas well in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco was in flames since late October, just 1.5 km from a community of 1,500 Oxiacaque indigenous villagers, who were never evacuated.

Mexican Communities Sue Pemex for Environmental Justice

By Emilio Godoy
Fed up with oil spills from facilities belonging to Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, residents of two communities in the southeastern state of Tabasco are taking the country’s largest company to court in a bid for compensation for damage to the environment and agriculture.


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