The secret beneath the rubble: Exxon in Papua New Guinea
Fourth World Films There are some disturbing facts buried in the debris of ExxonMobil’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, which was funded in part by a U.S. government loan. In 2012, a landslide from an ExxonMobil quarry there killed 27 people -- a disaster ExxonMobil and the government of Papua New Guinea declared to be an act of God. Other evidence, however, paints a very different picture -- and also reveals the entire project is fueling civil unrest that may be approaching a boiling point. Our short documentary, which accompanies an in-depth piece published April 30 in The Nation , looks at what actually happened in landslide in Papua New Guinea.