How Kenyan Grassroots Activists Defeated a Fossil Fuel Giant
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Kenyan court shuts down proposed coal plant — a win for environmental justice!
Amidst so many devastating headlines around the world, I’m writing from Nairobi about an important win for environmental justice and human rights — with a renewed faith in the power of the people. After a legal struggle that has lasted nine years, a high court in Kenya just ruled against Amu Power — a corporation …
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“Corporations aren’t Demigods”: The Kenyan movement to stop coal wins in court
“What makes me proud is that this win was a team effort. The world has seen now how communities can rise up and stand for what is right—to the very end,” says Omar Elmawi. Omar is the Campaign Coordinator of deCOALonize, a coalition of organizations in Kenya turning the tide on rampant industrial development in …
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