East African Gas Boom - A Ticking Environmental Bomb?

While the region is about to experience economic wins, oil and natural gas exploration must only continue if scientifically tight and if environmental and social factors are included, writes Thembi Mutch for African Arguments.

  • East Africa:   Gas Boom Threatens Environment

    African Arguments, 27 September 2012

    East Africa is about to experience a hydrocarbon induced economic boom. However, the disconnect between what oil and petrol companies say is happening regarding the development of… Read more »

Damage to the environment could also threaten human livelihoods, the eco-system and bio-diversity.

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