... often environmentally unsafe. Pipelines run through villages, and limited water supplies in attempt to counter their economic struggles. Even with vast amounts of revenue, many Nigerian's live far below the poverty line. Their plight is countered with even worse implications: "their environment has become so despoiled that supplementing that daily dollar with untainted crops and fish has become untenable" (Nixon ... ...

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