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Leave the Oil in the Soil, Leave the Coal in the Hole, Leave the Gas under the Grass.

Imperial College London (2014). Event 'Leave the Oil in the Soil, Leave the Coal in the Hole, Leave the Gas under the Grass'

Grassroots initiative from South America.

At the climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, grassroots initiatives from South America presented their campaign Keep the oil in the soil! Keep the coal in the hole! The exploitation of fossil fuels destroys living spaces (often those belonging to poor and racialised groups) and is responsible for climate change. In 2007, under pressure from social movements, the Ecuadorian government proposed to not exploit the oil wells in the Yasuní biosphere reserve. The German government was involved in letting this initiative come to nothing.

*EJOLT Press release (2013): Unburnable fuels. How to keep the oil in the soil.

2009