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UPDATE: GreenFaith Tanzania Circle members in danger
Last week, we wrote to you about the illegal, abusive treatment of ten GreenFaith Circle members and leaders who oppose the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).These individuals were summoned and interrogated by the Tanzanian government for exercising their right...
BREAKING: GreenFaith Activists Summoned & Interrogated; Faith Communities Respond
People of Faith to Tanzania President, CNOOC, and Total CEOs: Stop harassing local EACOP opponents Last week, ten of our GreenFaith Circle leaders in rural Tanzania were detained by police for three days. Their “crime”? They had met with Rev. Fletcher Harper, our...
GreenFaith Launches Africa Office
Silence is violence: Faith communities urged to strongly condemn fossil fuel extraction as GreenFaith launches Africa office Africa has been called upon to speak in the strongest terms possible against fossil fuels and extractive industry because of the evident human...
Reflections on COP28
Moral Voices for Climate Justice in the Wilderness of COP28 Past COPs and the Paris Agreement itself have focused on country pledges - unenforceable and voluntary - to reduce their own emissions. GreenFaith and others have long noted that this creates a blind spot,...
COP28 in Dubai: A Moral Imperative to Protect Frontline Communities
By: Meryne Warah As world leaders prepare to gather in Dubai for the upcoming COP28 climate negotiations, they face a profound moral test. Will they take courageous action to protect vulnerable frontline communities suffering climate impacts? Or will short-term...
EACOP denies GreenFaith’s report findings that it disregarded cultural, religious norms in relocating Uganda and Tanzania graves
More protests emerged in Tanzania following a BIKE report, which established that some of the 2,000 graves on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) route were disturbed or disrespected as stakeholders made way for the environmentally disastrous oil project...
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