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A family from Hoima Kigaga in Uganda, whose farming livelihood is
threatened by a crude oil pipeline. Photo: Tom Laffay  

In Case You Missed It

Crude moves: Activists worldwide are challenging banks and financiers to
stop new fossil fuel projects. Now their sights are on stopping South
African and Japanese banks from funding a crude oil pipeline in East
Africa.

It would run 1,443 kilometers through the Lake Victoria basin and threaten
the climate, wildlife and livelihoods of people across Uganda and
Tanzania.

So far, the banks have ignored opposition from local groups in both
countries — but a strong public outcry could stop them before Uganda’s
government makes the deal. Add your voice by signing the petition now, and
check out the video at the end of this newsletter for more on this
struggle.

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Support Wet’suwet’en: In Canada, actions are escalating over the Coastal
GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. Days after the blockade of
a key ferry during peak transit hours, Indigenous youth [ [link removed] ]occupied the
Ministry of Energy and Mining office on unceded Lekwungen Territory,
leading to 12 arrests.

A January 10 rally in Smithers, British Columbia. Photo: Jason Franson,
Canadian Press

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have been clear that the pipeline does not
have their consent, and would devastate the climate and unceded Indigenous
lands. Check out the [ [link removed] ]supporter toolkit for ways to show solidarity with
the Wet’suwet’en.

Strike WEF hikers on the road to Davos, in Switzerland. Photo:
@AnnemarieBotzki on Twitter

World Economic Failure: In contrast to billionaires flying in on private
jets, 1,200 climate activists hiked in to Davos through the cold for this
year’s World Economic Forum with demands to end fossil fuel funding. They
were just in time to hear Greta Thunberg’s [ [link removed] ]scathing speech to global
financial elites.

At the forum, business and political leaders were more vocal about the
climate crisis than ever before. But it’s clear from their lack of
response to our demands that we can’t trust them to solve the climate
crisis they helped create. [ [link removed] ]Read more

Turkey’s air: The Ministry of Environment stopped six coal-fired power
plants from operating in Turkey, for failing to meet air quality and
filtration standards. The stoppage might only be temporary, but the Right
to Clean Air Platform will continue its campaign on air quality as part of
the ongoing fight against coal. [ [link removed] ]Read more

Campaigners in front of Vinh Tan coal complex in southeastern Vietnam.
Photo: 350 Vietnam

HSBC win: The London-based bank has fully withdrawn from Vinh Tan 3 coal
power station in Vietnam. Since 2018, campaigners have targeted HSBC for
greenwashing its image while still funding new coal projects in Vietnam,
Bangladesh, and Indonesia. [ [link removed] ]Read more

Inside Story

A tenured philosophy professor resigned after his university refused to
divest from fossil fuels for the third time. “What it boiled down to, for
me, was a matter of conscience,” said Gregory Mikkelson, formerly from
McGill University in Montreal, Canada. [ [link removed] ]More

Photo: Ainslie MacLellan, CBC

Has your university, bank, or city council divested yet? Check through the
[ [link removed] ]commitments list and if not, consider starting your own campaign or
joining an existing one. There are plenty of [ [link removed] ]resources to help.

One to Watch

Hear from local opponents to the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda
and Tanzania – and then [ [link removed] ]share this video to let Standard Bank and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation know that opposition to this pipeline
is global.

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That’s it for now – I’ll see you again in two weeks with more Fossil Free
News from around the world.

 
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