A Greenpeace report reveals that European countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt, aiming to reduce their own reliance on fossil fuels. However, this situation creates a cycle where these North African nations remain dependent on imported fossil fuels, while facing environmental degradation from the very renewable projects designed to assist Europe. The report highlights that the influx of European investments following the Ukraine-Russia conflict has resulted in overdrilling, leading to soil erosion and contamination in Egypt, where local populations see little benefit from the extracted energy.
European countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to greenwash their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant on dirty imported fuels.
Greenpeace argues that these projects hinder Morocco and Egypt's ability to decarbonise, displace local communities, and strain water resources.
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