Clean Energy, at What Cost? Uruguay’s Renewables Bid Deepens Electricity Inequality
By: Ariana Ortega After three years of debate, in 2008, the State of Uruguay decided to start diversifying the energy matrix by…
Water Contamination and Cancer: The Other Impact of Oil Drilling
PATAGONIA. TERRITORIES OF UNCERTAINTY By Hernán Scandizzo / OPSur* Comodoro Rivadavia and Caleta Olivia are two pieces of the same puzzle: the…
The Lofoten Declaration – Climate leadership requires a managed decline of fossil fuel production
[spanish version] Global climate change is a crisis of unprecedented scale, and it will take unprecedented action to avoid the worst consequences…
Extreme. The New Frontiers of Energy Extractivism in Latin America
We want to bring you the “Extreme newsletter: New frontiers of energy extractivism in Latin America”, which gathers articles published between September…
Confirman terremoto por fracking en Canadá
Un terremoto ocurrido en agosto del pasado año en Columbia Británica (BC) superó dos sismos inducidos de magnitud 4,4 ocurridos en Alberta,…
How Extreme Energy Leads to Extreme Politics
Authorities in Argentina and beyond are cracking down on indigenous communities that protest resource extraction — while re-writing laws to promote fossil…
Anti-fracking mobilization suppressed and indigenous houses burnt due to resistance over Chevron-YPF agreement
Press release –September 3rd, 2013. Argentina Last Wednesday, August 28th, a mobilization of 5000 people in Neuquén province, Patagonia region, was heavily…
About OPSur
Observatorio Petrolero Sur [OPSur] is an organization founded in 2008 and located in Buenos Aires and Neuquén cities, Argentina. The group’s goal…