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Indigenous people in legal challenge against oil firms over tar sand project

whit — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:01:20 +0000

Canada ‘s Beaver Lake Cree Nation group say their traditional way of life is being devastated by the rush to extract oil from vast tar sand fields

British oil firms are facing a legal battle over exploitation of the huge Canadian tar sand fields with indigenous people who claim the industry is ruining their traditional lands.

The Co-operative Bank will announce today that it is to fund a legal challenge by the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, which claims the boom in tar sands extraction is destroying their hunting and fishing lands.

The court challenge calls for an injunction to stop more th

ConocoPhillips Announces Indigenous Peoples Engagement Policies are Consistent with UN Declaration

Kailash — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:59:33 +0000

ConocoPhillips is an international energy company with operations that reach into many communities where the rights of indigenous peoples are not sufficiently protected by law or industry standards.

Talisman Energy Withdraws from Peruvian Amazon

whit — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:12:54 +0100

Achuar people celebrate victory for indigenous rights

Calgary, Canada – Today Talisman Energy (TLM) announced its decision to cease oil exploration activities in the Peruvian Amazon, and to exit the country upon completion of ongoing commercial transactions.

“We have fought long and hard against Talisman’s drilling in our territory because of the negative environmental and social impacts we have seen from oil drilling around the world,” said Peas Peas Ayui, President of the National Achuar Federation of Peru (FENAP).