Dear friend, As 2021 comes to a close, we at Crude Accountability want to express our deep gratitude for the partnership and solidarity of our …
Community and Activists Succeed in Holding the South Korean Oil Company Accountable for Polluting Freshwater Deposits in Kazakhstan
Environmental defenders and community activists successfully obtained a government inspection and were able to press administrative charges against the South Korean oil company Ada Oil, …
Road to China Report Attempts to Close Information Gap about Social and Environmental Impacts of Chinese Oil and Gas Ventures in Central Asia
Crude Accountability is proud to present our newest report, Road to China: China’s Oil and Gas Ventures in Central Asia. Social and Environmental Impacts. Road …
Clear as Oil: Transparency of Chinese Projects in Kazakhstan
“Special treatment” of Chinese investment projects in Kazakhstan may lead to lower environmental standards and practices to appease foreign investors. Author: Sergey Solyanik, Consultant, Crude Accountability …
Climate Justice Working Group: The OSCE Should Take More Robust Action to Address Climate Crisis
On October 13, 2021, The Climate Justice Working Group of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) delivered a statement on the climate crisis at the annual …
Independent Journalists Document Pollution of Drinking Water Reserves in Kazakhstan by Foreign Oil Companies
On September 22, 2021, the “Prosto Journalistika” (Simply Journalism) team, in collaboration with Crude Accountability, presented a special investigation on Kazakhstan’s drinking water deposits that …
Нефть или вода?
Scroll down for the English translation of “Oil or Water?” Нефть и вода… Буквально на всех этапах от добычи, до транспортировки и переработки нефти, использования …
Belt and Road: Taking advantage of Central Asian resources?
One of the most controversial examples of bilateral cooperation between our region and its neighbors over the past decade is the Belt and Road Initiative, …
How can the Belt and Road Initiative and environmental interests be combined without conflict?
There are high hopes for investments, infrastructure development related to the Chinese mega-initiative Belt and Road in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. However, the …
Is EIA still there?
We devoted a series of our recent publications to such important and complex concepts as “Environmental Impact Assessment” and “Strategic Environmental Assessment.” And we did …