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- Knowledge is power
- Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
- Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice. More »
- Historic House climate bill passes, provides resources for hardest hit
- Press Release | Jun 26, 2009
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- Adaptation 101
- Briefing Paper | Apr 14, 2008
- How climate change hurts poor communities—and how we can help More »
- Bush Climate Change Initiative Ignores Reality
- Press Release | May 03, 2007
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- Jewelry Retailers Urge Protection for Alaska's Bristol Bay
- Press Release | May 03, 2007
- New report highlights concern over mining?s impacts in Bristol Bay and globally. More »
- Key Legislation Calls for Resource Revenue Transparency
- Press Release | Feb 08, 2009
- Oxfam America supports mandatory disclosure to empower communities affected by oil, gas, and mining development. More »
- Oxfam Reaction to New Climate Change Legislation
- Press Release | Feb 08, 2009
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- World Bank Announces Funding Approval for Peru Pipeline Project
- Press Release | May 03, 2007
- The IFC pledges $300 million to fund Camisea II pipeline project; Oxfam warns of serious implications for indigenous communities and the environment. More »
- Oxfam urges miner to address community engagement practices
- Press Release | Apr 29, 2009
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- Amazon Defense Front wins prestigious environmental prize
- News Update | Apr 15, 2008
- Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador are recognized for their effort to protect the natural world with the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2008. More »
- Building a better well
- Feature Story | May 02, 2008
- Steady supply of water in rehabilitated well brings joy to a community in southern Ethiopia. More »
- Cambodian fishers work to protect floating villages
- Feature Story | Jan 05, 2006
- Oxfam partner trains community leaders to negotiate development on Tonle Sap Lake. More »
- Caught on the wrong side of a gold boom
- Feature Story | Jan 28, 2008
- Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how to hold mining companies and government accountable. More »
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- Feature Story | May 03, 2007
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III More »
- Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
- Feature Story | Jun 02, 2008
- Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop. More »
- Conflict surrounds expansion of Peru gold mine
- Feature Story | Jan 15, 2009
- Local communities turn to legal measures to protect land, water. More »
- Dead fish and acid pollution point to cyanide in stream
- Feature Story | Oct 04, 2007
- Farmers in Ghana affected by chemical spill call on government to investigate and punish polluters. More »
- Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
- Feature Story | May 28, 2008
- Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala. More »
- Millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa
- Feature Story | Nov 03, 2009
- Oxfam America is responding to the crisis with emergency assistance that includes food and cash-for-work programs that aim to help about 350,000 people. More »
- Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
- Feature Story | May 05, 2010
- Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill. More »
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- News Update | Jun 16, 2010
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ... More »
- A race that together we're winning
- Feature Story | Jun 09, 2010
- Oxfam's water and sanitation program in Haiti has so far reached more than 300,000 people. Engineer Kenny Rae tells the story of one team's work in the ... More »
- Oxfam in South America
- Brochure | Oct 10, 2005
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ... More »
- What’s in a stove?
- Feature Story | Jan 05, 2011
- In Darfur, fuel-efficient stoves benefit the environment and much more. More »
- Leadership from the bottom up
- Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
- Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills. More »
- Marlin Mine: Violence and pollution lead to call for suspension
- Feature Story | Oct 18, 2011
- Concerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western ... More »
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Brochure | Nov 24, 2010
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ... More »
- Our Land, Our Life
- Video Link | Feb 14, 2008
- The struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive ... More »
- Conflict in Darfur
- Page | Jul 06, 2012
- Oxfam is providing critical water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur; we are also distributing ... More »
- Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
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