Experts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions.

An oil pipeline under construction in east Africa will produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide, according to new analysis. The project will result in 379m tonnes of climate-heating pollution, according to an expert assessment, more than 25 times the combined annual emissions of Uganda and Tanzania, the host nations.

—by Damian Carrington Environment editor Read full story.

Original link posted by The Guardian on October 27, 2022.