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Rob Perks: Appalachia’s Own ‘Resource ...
Pollution and poverty caused by the development of oil reserves have deprived tens of million of Nigerians their basic human rights, according to Amnesty International , which calls oil a resource curse for the region. People living in the Niger Delta have to drink, cook with, and wash in polluted water; they eat fish contaminated with oil and other toxins — if they are lucky enough to still be able to find fish, Amnesty says in its new report . Replace oil development in Nigeria wi







