Campaigners disrupt East African pipeline plan | Article
European governments are suspending plans to drop fossil fuel projects but many big banks fear reputational damage if they raise finance for them, Environmental activists are stepping up efforts to dissuade banks and insurance companies from supporting the $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, due to run 1,443 kilometres from the oil rigs near Lake Albert in Western Uganda to Tanga Port, Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean. At stake are Uganda's long-delayed plans to build an oil industry to serve the region and international buyers.