Behind the Money

Inside the fight to stop an oil pipeline in Africa

Sep 14, 2022

23:14

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The Environmental Impact of the Murchison Falls Oil Project

02:11

Environmentalists Are Trying to Stop the Oil Pipeline Project

01:59

Ecop - A Financing Strategy for Oil Projects

02:40

Introduction

2min

Environmentalists Are Trying to Stop the Oil Pipeline Project

2min

The Future of Environmental Activists in Africa

2min

The Environmental Impact of the Murchison Falls Oil Project

2min

The Pipe Line Is a Big Opportunity for Zimbabweans

2min

Stop Ecop - A New Model of Economic Development

3min

Ecop - A Financing Strategy for Oil Projects

3min

Getting the Banks to Make a Commitment to Ecop

4min

The Campaign to Build a Pipeline in Bulisa

3min

Construction of a massive oil pipeline in east Africa is underway. For the governments of the countries it will run through, it promises new economic opportunities. But for many others, it could spell trouble. Like the fight over North America’s Keystone Pipeline, this one has become an important battleground for environmental groups around the world. The FT’s Leslie Hook explains the approach activists are taking to fight it.

Clips from UBC Television Uganda

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For further reading:

The oil giants drilling among the giraffes in Uganda

Marsh revealed in oil pipeline project shunned by leading banks and insurers

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On Twitter, follow Leslie Hook (@lesliehook) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07)

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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