Total oil project hurts ‘tens of thousands’ in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs

Tens of thousands of Ugandan farmers have lost access to their fields to make way for a major oil project launched by French oil giant Total, which has paid no compensation for the fallout from its new pipeline plan, two environmental watchdogs said Tuesday. “Total is also the main developer in the EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) project… a giant pipeline 1,445 kilometres (900 miles) long, which would be heated to 50°C (122°F) and…