In New York City, a coalition of women-led climate justice groups organized a protest targeting the insurance giant AIG for its potential role in the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Written by Jessica Corbett, the article highlights the powerful voices of activists including Molly Ornati of 350 Brooklyn, Mohiba Ahmed of DRUM, and Beth Yirga of the Black Hive. The protest demanded that AIG join over two dozen other insurers in refusing to cover the nearly 900-mile pipeline, which is set to displace over 100,000 people in Uganda and Tanzania and is described by activists as a “carbon bomb”. The women leaders framed their resistance as a global fight for climate justice, connecting the pipeline to legacies of environmental racism and corporate exploitation around the world. This collective action demonstrates a powerful act of international solidarity with the frontline communities fighting the pipeline in East Africa.
