Oil War – Nigeria
March 92010
June 2005
Nigeria’s lucrative oil reserves may have enriched its politicians but they’ve brought little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a rebel group is fighting for a share of the profits. “I need help. I need help,” begs a woman, clutching her young children in despair. Her home has just been demolished to create luxury housing for foreign oil workers. “The oil boom has turned into the oil doom!” laments Pastor Lekia. Across the Niger Delta, there’s growing resentment at the oil industry. “Corruption pervades the whole place, starting with the way contracts are awarded,” complains lawyer Ledum Mittee. “There seems to be some sort of collusion between the oil companies and those in power.” But militia leader Asari Dokubo has vowed to sever that link. He’s fighting to seize control of the oil and give it back to the people. “We own the oil!” he proclaims. “The thieves are the people in Abuja.” And across Nigeria, young men are flocking to his call. Last September, he spooked the international markets and forced the price of oil to $50 a barrel by threatening to attack foreign oil companies. The government was forced to agree a truce but he’s threatened to rearm unless oil companies leave. Nigerians no longer expect help from their own government. It’s militia leaders like Asari who are winning their trust.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Duration : 0:22:38
In May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: http://shellguilty.com/wiwa-v-shell-video/
HERE’S A LITTLE VIDEO CLIP THAT YOU CAN SHOW YOUR NEOCON FRIENDS, WHO SAID THAT THE IRAQ WAR WAS NOT FOR OIL, THAT THEY WERE AND STILL ARE DEAD WRONG !!
Opponents of the war in Iraq say that the US invaded the country’s for its oil.
PlusOil Companies Protected if They Harm Polar BearsOil Companies Protected if They Harm Polar BearsThe Associated PressThe Fish and Wildlife Service issued regulations this week providing legal protection to seven oil companies. The companies are planning to search for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern coast of Alaska. (June 14)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:Dateline Washington][Notes:NATS UP "Today I am listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the endagered specis act"] That was just four weeks ago.But now the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy … and potentially harm … Polar bears.The Fish and Wildlife Service issued regulations this week providing legal protection to seven oil companies.Those companies plan to search for oil and gas off the northwestern coast of Alaska. That’s where the government auctioned off oil leases to ConocoPhillips … Shell Oil and five other companies for more than two-and-a-half billion dollars.The new wildlife service regulations mean it will be O-K legally if `small numbers’ of polar bears or Pacific walruses are harmed over the next five years.But environmentalists say the new regulations give oil companies a blank cheque to harass the polar bear.Just over ten percent of polar bears in the Arctic live in and around the Alaskan coast. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****)
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A Link TV special: The new feature-length documentary Crude Impact directed by James Wood examines how deeply our current existence relies on fossil fuels, and the cost that extracting oil has had on indigenous populations and the environment. Visit www.linktv.org to learn more about a live web chat about the film.
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