Infernal combustion: Nigerian oil flare

 
Infernal combustion - Gaz-flaring art installation

Gas flaring is part of everyday life for people living in the oil producing areas of Nigeria. Friends of the Earth's video installation, on show at the European Social Forum, brings the reality of oil extraction to life.
  
  

Oronto Douglas, from Friend of the Earth Nigeria, watches the Infernal Combustion
Credit: Deborah Thompson /Friends of the Earth	Raoul Brambal (Activism Coordinator, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland) with fliers outside the installation.

 

ore then 2000 people visited the Gaz-flaring installation at Alexandra Palace during the weekend. Many signed the petition calling for 'No public money for oil', a campaign run by Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland. For more information about climate change go the Friends of the Earth Europe's campaign against on climate change.