How oil fields are poisoning Iraq

The town of Nahran Omar lies 40km north of Basra, a stone’s throw from an oil well that practises flaring: burning off excess gas produced during oil extraction.

A flare is cheap, but also releases a dangerous cocktail of greenhouse gases and pollutants, contributing to the climate crisis and, according to research, increased instances of diseases including cancer.

The Independent travelled to Iraq to investigate the impact of oil flaring on the people who live there and on the environment.

[kathyinwonderlandl.a.]

Oil companies get profit more than any other.Why

[AlexanderSonnet]

Can’t wait for the “Iraq covid variant” and the “Bhutanese variant” as well as “the Central African Republic variant”

[euniceschoenfelder]

That why we have Grey Sky all over the World no one is save

[johnwudarcki]

Just had to throw 'RONA in there too didn't ya

[nikolaospeterson]

This is one reason to GET OFF of fossil fuels WE MUST GO ELECTRIC!