Organizations aim to block funds for East African oil pipeline by Mongabay.com on 1 March 2021 On March 1, more than 260 organizations issued an open letter to the banks identified as financial advisers for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, as well as to 25 others reportedly considering offering loans to fund its construction. The pipeline would carry oil from fields in western Uganda to a port on the northern coast of Tanzania. The human rights and environmental organizations that sent the letter say the pipeline’s construction poses “unacceptable” risks to communities and the environment in Uganda and Tanzania and beyond.