Environmental organization 350: Fossil fuel companies cause premature death of thousands

Non-governmental organization 350, known for its efforts against environmental pollution, noted that international giant companies supplying fossil fuel violated human rights to a great extent and caused early deaths of thousands of people due to the damage to nature.

The non-governmental organization 350 has published a comprehensive report on its website, examining 10 cases worldwide. According to the report, the huge energy industry that produces fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal has deepened the climate crisis, causing major human rights violations in the past 30 years.

According to the data, many activists and community leaders who fought against fossil fuel companies in Mexico, Nigeria and Kenya were suspiciously assassinated.

The report in question included arbitrary arrests of environmental activists in some countries, the Rampal thermal power plant project that would lead to 24,000 low births in Bangladesh, pollution of rivers in the Amazonian and Indigenous lands, and the restriction of protest rights in the United States (USA). there are important rights violations.

Considering only the case studies in the report, it is stated that fossil fuel companies are directly responsible for the early death of 45,000 people, the displacement of 60,000 people and the mixing of more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the rivers.

It is underlined that international companies such as Chevron-Texaco and Shell are also responsible for all these events.

People living in Yatağan and Milas left their villages in Muğla

One of the case studies in the report is Muğla. The report, which mentioned the damages caused by the Yeniköy, Kemerköy and Yatağan thermal power plants in the city on the regional ecosystem and public health, also indicates that the expanding coal basins destroy the habitats and cause displacement.

Baysal speaking about the subject than 350 Turkey Efe also due to the expansion of coal mine beds in Muğla was forced to leave İkizköylü of villages in the last year Milas specifying says: “Besides, I began to keep the land they recently moved the İkizköylü within the mining license area and the company to villagers If all lignite mining license areas are put into operation in the region, nearly 30 thousand people in Milas, Yatağan and Menteşe will have to leave their lands due to the loss of their habitats, the destruction of agricultural lands and livelihoods. to rehabilitate the region, to initiate a fair transformation program in a way that the thermal power plants in the region will be dismissed from the enterprise and to protect the employees and to protect the right of the people of the region to live in a healthy environment. n to be. “

Lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies are increasing

In addition to human rights violations caused by the fossil fuel industry directly, the report also touches on lawsuits filed by civil initiatives to these companies for causing climate change in recent years. Examples of these cases are the lawsuits filed against Shell by non-governmental organizations in the Netherlands and lawsuits launched against oil giant Exxon in the USA.

Governments must protect climate advocates

The report communities published by 350.org also underline that community leaders, climate advocates, activists struggling to defend ecosystems, commons should be protected by local and national governments. It is stated that the indigenous community leaders are exposed to threats and torture and that they face many violations of rights, especially violations of their right to life. In this framework, the murder of Samir Flores Soberanes, the leader of the Nahuati Indigenous People and journalist in Mexico, after his actions that made a voice against the pipeline and thermal power plant projects, was first taken under the spotlight in the report.

Where does the 350 name come from?

350 non-governmental organizations, which take actions in many countries of the world, refer to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by its name. Scientists and climate experts say the safe upper limit of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere should be 350 particles per million (ppm), currently at 410 ppm.

350, which works globally and locally, works to ensure that the carbon dioxide pollution in the world is 350 ppm.