Just as the US government announced plans to open up offshore drilling in the Atlantic, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill hit the front pages as a stark warning of the risky nature of deepwater drilling.
Would a similar incident off the Atlantic coast of Africa prompt the same response and media coverage? Today, the largest extractive industries – oil and mining – are located in countries with weak or non-existent regulations, flawed legal systems and corrupt governments. In these countries, multinational corporations make huge profits, often without any benefit to local populations. Worse, these resources are often at the root of deadly conflict.
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