Niger Delta

The Niger Delta Problem: Can It Be Resolved this Decade?

Atim Oton | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, Jonathan Goodluck, Mobil Oil, Niger Delta, Boko Haram, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Shell, Black Voices News
Atim Oton

I was born in the Niger Delta, and lived in the Niger Delta in Nigeria until I came to the U.S. In some ways, I can be considered a child of big oil -- Mobil Oil -- to be specific. But I own no oil fields and none of my family works in the oil sector.

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Republicans Keen to Kill America's Only Peace Agency -- Forever

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Qdr, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Petraeus, United States Institute of Peace, State Department, Niger Delta, Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Qddr, Rep Mike Honda, Peace and Security Taskforce, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Vietnam War, Iraq, Genocide Prevention Task Force, Politics News
Rep. Mike Honda

We need vital institutions in this country that have no political agenda and no partisan bias. USIP convenes the left and the right, the civilian and the military, the national and the international players.

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Nigeria: Crucifying Democracy on a Cross of Corruption

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Hamid Karzai, Al Qaeda, Niger Delta, Guernsey Trust Company, Nixon v. United States, Zimbabwe, Fcpa, Terrorism, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, United States, Manuel Noriega, Sima Holdings, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Jennifer Abubakar, Transparency International, Department of Justice, Afghanistan, Sani Abachi, Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, Carl Levin, Panema, Letsgo, World News
Bruce Fein

If the United States permits international politics to hijack the rule of law at home, then democracy and rule of law abroad will falter, especially in places like Nigeria.

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Nigeria on the Brink: A Rejoinder

Howard F. Jeter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian-Election, John Campbell, Umaru Yar'adua, Niger Delta, Acn, Africa, Pdp, World News
Howard F. Jeter

Former Ambassador John Campbell's recent article, "Nigeria on the Brink," reduces the country to two monolithic, antagonistic and inexorably colliding blocs, one Northern, the other Southern.

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PHOTOS: California, The Andes, China, And 6 More Of The Most Polluted Places In The World

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Russia, L.A., Nuclear Waste, Dzerzhinsk, Most Polluted Cities, Peru, Citarum River, London Pollution, Niger Delta Oil Pollution, London, Los Angeles, Niger Delta, Doe Run Peru, World's Most Polluted Cities, Environment Pollution, Water-Pollution, Lake Karachay, Indonesia, China Pollution, Phoenix, Los Angeles Pollution, Niger Delta Oil, Slidepollajax, Environment, Linfen, Doe Run, La Oroya, Russia Pollution, Air Pollution, Green News

From the highways of Los Angeles to the Citarum River of Bandung, Indonesia, earth's most polluted city of Linfen, China to the streets of London, the...

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With Attention on the Gulf, Niger Delta Oil Spills Continue

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Gulf Oil Spill, Craig Kielburger, Niger Delta Oil, Niger Delta, World News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

The delta is the third-largest wetland in the world. Farmland and fishing should be a source of income for 31 million inhabitants. However, the oil-saturated water has destroyed most crops and fish stock.

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Oil Pollution in the Niger Delta: Whose Fault?

Amb. John Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Oil Spill, Niger Delta, World News
Amb. John Campbell

Nigerian commentators have been bemused by popular anger against BP. They claim that the Niger Delta has suffered spillage equal to an Exxon Valdez each year for many decades with little Western indignation or even notice.

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Deceptively Green - But the Food Crisis in Niger Is Worsening

Caroline Gluck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Food Crisis, Niger, Food Crisis, Niger Delta, World News
Caroline Gluck

The greening of Niger only masks the food crisis which is now at its peak, affecting more than seven million people, about half the population.

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What Does King Abdullah Know?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alberta, Tar Sands, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Niger Delta, Oil Supply, Business News
Jeffrey Rubin

No matter where you look, it is becoming increasingly clear that tomorrow's oil supply is going to come from very different places than today's.

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From Alaska to the Gulf & The Niger Delta, With The Party of BP

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Joe Barton Apology, Bp, Barack Obama, Exxon Mobil, Nigeria Oil, British Petroleum, Joe Barton, Niger Delta, Exxon Valdez, Shell Oil, Politics News
Terrance Heath

American Conservatives from Joe Barton to Rand Paul and Sarah Palin have expressed outrage that the President Obama would use the the power of his o...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chaos, Chaos Theory, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Butterfly Effect, Niger Delta, Brazil, Bp, Quantum Physics, Habits, Living News, Words, Rome, Green Living, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Destiny, Possible Worlds, Living, Philosophers, Cicero, Values, Actions, World, World News, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Macondo, Thermohaline Circulation, International Maritime Organization, Microcosm, Ireland, Spain, Canada, Environmental Protection Agency, Norway, Germany, Solar System, Climate, Stock Market, Weather, Black Swan, New York, Nacr, Edge of Chaos, South Korea, Macrocosm, Oceans, Atomic Age, Great Ocean Conveyor, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, United Nations, Computer Simulation, Methane, Deterministic Chaos, Eu, Climate Change, Sweden, New York Academy of Sciences, European Commission, Mexico, Edward Lorenz, Environment, Europe, Father of Chaos Theory, Civilization, Non-Linear Systems, Dynamical Systems, 21st Century, Hermetic Axiom, Hermes, Poll, Gulf Oil Spill, Green, Green Energy, Energy, Natural Gas, India, g20, China, G20 Summit, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Peak Oil, Oil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Green News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggarman, Thief

Nick Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Niger Delta, Mineral Deposits, Lithium, Royal Dutch Shell, Afghanistan, Oil, Nigeria, Exxon Valdez, World News
Nick Mills

When the multi-nationals barge into Afghanistan with their massive earth-moving equipment and begin to scrape the wealth out of the stony Afghan mountains, expect the worst.

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BP Is an It, not a They

Christopher Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Savages, Ecuador, Carbon Tax, Bp, Oil Spill, NBC News, Public Relations, Joe Kane, Niger Delta, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Brian Williams, Exxon Valdez, Politics News
Christopher Ryan

Companies have no feelings. It's not that BP is cold; BP has no temperature at all. It's time we recognized corporations for the ravenous reptilian entities they are and always have been.

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Gulf Oil Spill Pales In Comparison To Nigeria's Plight

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Niger Delta, Green News

"We see frantic efforts being made to stop the spill in the US," said Nnimo Bassey, Nigerian head of Friends of the Earth International. "But in Niger...

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Nigeria at a Tipping Point

Michael Watts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Musa Yar' Adua, Boko Haram, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Hillary Clinton, Nigeria Violence, Abuja, Niger Delta, Nigerian Government, World News
Michael Watts

Secretary Clinton arrives in Nigeria at a crucial moment: another failure of will by the federal government could prove to be catastrophic.

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Clinton in Nigeria: A Moment of Opportunity

Sarah Dotlich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Sectretary of State, Umaru Yar'adua, Niger Delta, Fraudulent Elections, Africa, Justice in Nigeria Now, Peaceful-Protest, Nigerian Militants, Oil Companies, Nigerian Government, Oil Industry, Hillary Clinton Africa, Oil Prices, Nigeria Violence, World News
Sarah Dotlich

Electoral integrity and the ability for all citizens of Nigeria's democracy to participate meaningfully should be high on Secretary Clinton's agenda.

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America: Gassed to Death

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Africom, Gas Station Tv, Niger Delta, Green News
John Feffer

In 2008, when oil prices spiked, Americans drove less, and that saved lives. When gas prices went up by a couple dollars per gallon, we saved more lives than perished in the September 11 attacks.

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Shell's Settlement Doesn't Hide Unsettling Reality in Nigeria

Stephen Kretzmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Ogoni-Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Niger Delta, Shell Oil, Nigerian Government, World News
Stephen Kretzmann

Is $15.5 million is enough to compensate for the hanging of nine men, the death of thousands more, and for the destruction of an ecosystem?

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Green News Report - June 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Beach, Biofuels, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Waxman-Markey, Nigeria Oil, Green News, Green, Chevron, Green News Report, Ethanol, Pollution, Niger Delta, Solar Power, Shell Oil, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Protesting in Peru; Settling with Shell; Pollution solutions in Long Beach; PLUS: Republicans vow to block climate legislati...

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News
Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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The Real Modern Pirates? MNCs Beyond the Rule of Law

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southern District, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, International Law, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil, Corporate Power, Sdny, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Lawsuit, Niger Delta, Atca, Ats, World News
Terra Lawson-Remer

The most common modern pirates are multinational corporations operating beyond the rule of law. The U.S. can and should take firm measures against this kind of piracy, just as we have against the Somali pirates.

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Pirates Attack Exxon Vessel In Nigeria

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Niger Delta, Modern Day Pirates, Pirates, Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, Exxonmobil, Business News

Pirates attacked a vessel operated by oil major ExxonMobil in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing a crew member and injuring anoth...

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