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10 Feb 2022

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2 Nov 2021

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The StopEACOP campaign has written to banks that may be approached to finance EACOP urging them not to. The responses and non-responses are included.

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2 Nov 2021

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263 civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged banks not to participate in a $2.5 billion project finance loan for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.

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1 Nov 2021

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1 Nov 2021

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1 Nov 2021

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1 Nov 2021

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1 Nov 2021

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27 Oct 2021

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27 Oct 2021

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27 Oct 2021

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25 Oct 2021

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8 Mar 2021

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263 non-governmental organisations have urged 25 banks listed as potential financiers of the $3.5 billion development not to participate in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project citing environmental and social risks.

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8 Mar 2021

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South Africa’s Standard Bank, which was to have been a financier of the $3.5bn East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop), has announced that it is suspending support while it waits for the outcome of an environmental and social impact study.

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26 Jan 2021

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Company Response

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15 Dec 2020

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China did not respond

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21 Nov 2024

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New engagement and policy analysis from BankTrack covering the 50 largest European banks shows a dwindling number of European bank candidates are prepared to finance the project.

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26 Jul 2024

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Climate activists protested at AIG's New York office, demanding the insurance giant join 25 other insurers in refusing coverage for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which campaigners say has led to displacement, human rights violations, and harassment of environmental activists in Uganda and Tanzania.

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12 Jul 2024

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Farmers displaced by the EACOP project along the serene coastline of Chongoleani are concerned that the compensation paid to them by the project is inadequate.

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26 Jun 2024

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Civil society organizations and activists protested at Chinese embassies in 10 countries, calling on Chinese state-owned financial institutions to reject financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project due to concerns over potential human rights abuses and environmental damage.

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13 Jun 2024

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5 Jun 2024

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A Ugandan activist campaigning to stop the development of a $5 billion crude oil pipeline in East Africa by France's TotalEnergies and others has been detained by Uganda's military according to the group he works. Stephen Kwikiriza from the Ugandan environmental pressure group Environment Governance Institute (EGI) has been campaigning to halt the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop). The 1,445-km pipeline is to carry crude from oilfields in Uganda's west through Tanzania to a port on Tanzania's coast.

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31 Dec 2023

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Uganda is expected to start building the US$5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in January after the first shipment of pipes arrived from China, as opposition to the massive project intensifies.

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9 Dec 2023

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A court in Uganda on Friday dismissed claims by dozens of families who felt they had been wronged when they were compensated for the use of land used to develop a TotalEnergies oil megaproject, an activist and a plaintiff said.

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29 Nov 2023

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The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) handed down a judgment in the case that challenges the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by TotalEnergies, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments.

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21 Nov 2023

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Despite public disavowals of the EACOP project due to its adverse impacts, leading financial institutions are indirectly investing significant amounts through Chinese state-owned oil firm CNOOC, a shareholder and developer of the pipeline.

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26 Jun 2023

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5 Jun 2023

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16 May 2023

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14 May 2023

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3 May 2023

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Standard Chartered has declined to support the East African crude oil pipeline (EACOP) due to human rights concerns

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6 Mar 2023

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24 Jan 2023

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16 Jan 2023

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The construction of the East African crude oil pipeline has been delayed by the complexities and grievances regarding the resettlement of project-affected persons.

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10 Jan 2023

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25 Dec 2022

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15 Dec 2022

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8 Dec 2022

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16 Nov 2022

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7 Nov 2022

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The East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) has strongly castigated opponents of the Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline. Ms Mary Mugyenyi (Uganda) said her country and Tanzania were united against the critics of EACOP and would go ahead with its implementation. “We should also identify their local collaborators and crush them”

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27 Oct 2022

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Experts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions

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24 Oct 2022

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26 Sep 2022

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International oil major TotalEnergies will on October 10 answer to charges of environmental and human rights abuse before the European Union parliament in Brussels in a new threat to the actualisation of its East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) and related upstream oil projects in Uganda’s Lake Albert region.

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19 Sep 2022

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An EU Parliament resolution has urged Uganda and Tanzania to stop oil and gas development projects in the East African region.

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5 Jul 2022

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Report

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29 May 2022

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More financiers publicly distanced themselves from backing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) due to human rights concerns.

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18 May 2022

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22 Apr 2022

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The French oil and gas company TotalEnergies has worked to cultivate a green reputation with climate goals and plans to ramp up renewable power, but a massive east African oil project is casting a shadow over that messaging campaign.

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11 Apr 2022

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Financial institutions must reject the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and fossil fuel projects like it, in favour of clean energy

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4 Apr 2022

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More than 100 NGOs have petitioned Lloyd's not to insure the East Africa Oil Pipeline citing human rights concerns.

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3 Mar 2022

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Activists argue that the EACOP project poses different environmental and human rights risks to the communities located along the pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania.

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10 Feb 2022

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10 Feb 2022

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15 Nov 2021

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2 Nov 2021

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263 civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged banks not to participate in a $2.5 billion project finance loan for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.

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23 Aug 2021

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Financial institutions continue to withdraw from their participation in the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline due to concerns about its potential impact on climate.

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20 Aug 2021

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The fate of a planned line from Uganda to Tanzania will be the first test of whether anyone was listening to António Guterres’ call to end fossil fuels

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26 Jul 2021

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A lawyer is seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, citing violation of arrangements that provide for Ugandans to be involved in the procurement process.

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5 Jul 2021

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Residents from the eight regions where the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project will pass, expressed concerns yesterday about the emerging bureaucracy that may see many missing out on opportunities rleated to the pipeline in their area.

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28 Jun 2021

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Critics of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project say it will spell doom for the environment on a continent with an abundance of potential for non-polluting renewable energy.

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27 May 2021

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26 May 2021

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25 May 2021

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10 May 2021

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Three French banks – BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole have reportedly opted not to finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline due to alleged human rights and environmental concerns

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16 Apr 2021

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Activists have accused French and Chinese oil firms of ignoring huge environmental risks after the signing of accords on the controversial construction of a £2.5bn oil pipeline.

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8 Mar 2021

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263 non-governmental organisations have urged 25 banks listed as potential financiers of the $3.5 billion development not to participate in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project citing environmental and social risks.

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8 Mar 2021

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South Africa’s Standard Bank, which was to have been a financier of the $3.5bn East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop), has announced that it is suspending support while it waits for the outcome of an environmental and social impact study.

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7 Dec 2020

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Friends of the Earth France and Survie have published a new report on Total's activities in Uganda and Tanzania, reporting that the human rights violations denounced over a year ago are still ongoing and have multiplied, now impacting about 100,000 people.

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26 Nov 2020

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A coalition of NGOs is challenging the construction of the East Africa oil pipeline in the East African Court of Justice to stop its development due to social and environmental concerns.

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18 Nov 2020

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A briefing for companies and banks on the potential human rights risks from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

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16 Sep 2020

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