Global actions shake fossil fuel industry

Hailed as black gold in some quarters, fossil fuels are the Holy Grail most countries desire to have and gain control of. Their desire for control is fueled by their interest in the amount of money they stand to gain should they enter in the fossils fuels industry.

However, away from the conference rooms, economic power talks and stock markets, things are not as glossy as they seem. Communities are suffering from the effects of pollution from coal mines, oil spills, kill sea life and taxpayers suffer the most when some individuals in the oil industry evade taxes through corrupt deals. Above all, there is an increase in the carbon footprints which stands to cause drastic climate change and as we know the effects of natural disasters are borne by the same community.