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Support Save the Mekong Coalition PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sabrina Gyorvary   
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
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More information is available in English, Burmese, Chinese, Khmer, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese on the coalition’s web site, www.SavetheMekong.org.   

The Save the Mekong coalition was formed in response to growing public concern about the effects big dams would have on the Mekong’s migratory fish stocks, regional food security, and the livelihoods of millions of people. The coalition is open to non-government organizations, community groups, academics, artists and ordinary citizens within the Mekong region and internationally, anyone who shares a concern about the future of one of the world’s greatest river systems.

Save the Mekong aims to do two things:

  • raise public awareness about the risks associated with damming such an important international river

  • persuade policymakers to adopt more sustainable and peaceful ways of meeting people’s energy and water needs

During March and April, Save the Mekong will be collecting signed postcards from people in the Mekong countries and around the world, urging the region’s political leaders to keep the Mekong flowing freely as a precious source of food, income and life for present and future generations.

Sign the petition now!

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ERI Joins Campaign to Stop Gas Flaring in Nigeria PDF Print E-mail
Written by EarthRights International   
Friday, 16 January 2009

  Emergency Action: Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria

Last year, Global Response members urged the Nigerian government to speed up their timetable to stop oil companies’ harmful practice of gas flaring. Instead of speeding it up, they let their own December 31, 2008 deadline go by without taking action to enforce the ban on flaring. 

Now EarthRights International is joining Global Response and Friends of the Earth in a worldwide campaign to finally persuade the Nigerian authorities to take action on behalf of their citizens’ health and economy. Please write your own letter or use the model provided here.


Gas is often found naturally mixed with crude oil and therefore must be separated. The cheapest way for oil companies to do this is also the most environmentally destructive – by burning it – which releases toxic substances in densely populated areas, damaging both the environment and the health of the people living in the Niger Delta. In Nigeria, gas flares emit as much greenhouse gas as 18 million cars.

“Major oil companies are flaring gas in the oil-rich Niger Delta despite the fact that a Nigerian judge stated that flaring is illegal. Led by oil giant Shell, they have been burning gas for decades when they could be using it to provide energy to the local population. The government must ensure that oil companies stop this destructive practice now,” said Nnimmo Bassey, Friends of the Earth International chair and Friends of the Earth Nigeria Executive Director.

Emergency Action: Stop Gas Flaring / Nigeria

RELATED: A separate, but related campaign from Friends of the Earth International is also demanding the end of gas flarings in Nigeria. Learn more and sign their petition here.

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