Year: 2021

France’s supermajor Total declared force majeure on Monday on its US$20-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique following recent Islamist militant attacks in towns close to the site. The project site is close to the town of Palma in the Cabo Delgado province, where Islamic State-affiliated militants have been active for a few years now. Last month Islamic State-affiliated militants raided the town of Palma in the Cabo Delgado province in attacks that have left dozens of people killed since March 24. Following the renewed attacks, Total said at…

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Canada has repeatedly been raising with top U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden, the issue with Enbridge’s Line 5 which Michigan wants shut down, and considers intervening in the legal dispute between the pipeline operator and the U.S. state, sources with knowledge of Canada’s plans told Reuters. The Line 5 pipeline saga – although not as spectacular as the killing of Keystone XL by President Biden or the troubles surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline – is once again pitting Canada against the U.S. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the director…

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Civil society activists have demanded the establishment of a parliamentary commission to investigate the failures of planning and regulatory processes aimed at making the power sector technically efficient, financially sustainable and responsive to the imperatives of climate change. They criticised the ‘misplaced’ priorities set in the Integrated Generation Capacity Enhancement Plan (IGCEP)-2047 and Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract Market (CTBCM) reforms. They were addressing an online press conference organised by the Alliance for Climate Justice and Clean Energy on Friday. Despite the coal moratorium announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan in…

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