Europe’s opposition to controversial oil pipeline angers Uganda’s government: But will the eight in 10 people without power go on the grid and the ruling elite not pocket profits?
, this fossil fuel project is rushing headlong into the complexities and the paradoxes of global climate politics.
China’s state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation is the other major player involved in the pipeline project. “It is time for TotalEnergies to abandon the monstrous EACOP that promises to worsen the climate crisis, waste billions of dollars that could be used for good, and bring mayhem to human settlements and wildlife along the pipeline’s path,” said Richard Heede, the institute’s founder.
Ugandan officials are outraged that the EU should accuse Uganda of failing to protect the environment. The African continent contributes just 3.8% of global carbon emissions but this figure is distorted by South Africa, which is one of the biggest polluters in the world. “This is the purest hypocrisy. We will not accept one rule for them and another rule for us,” Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, said in a recent statement.
“After all, the over $5-billion required for EACOP will come from the West or China. You want loans from someone but you don’t want that person to ask you questions? Let us be humble.”
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