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Uganda: Controversial Crude Oil Pipeline

October 7, 2022

Along the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert, huge deposits of crude oil have been discovered that TotalEnergies and the Chinese state-run company, CNOOC want to tap.

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Uganda Fischerdorf am Albert See
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Starting in 2025, oil should be flowing through a pipeline that’s not yet built, from Lake Albert in Western Uganda, across nature reserves, past Lake Victoria, and all the way to the Tanzanian coastline. Environmental and human rights activists are horrified.

 

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