Iraq: Residents Say Longstanding Oil Industry Practice Is Killing Them [Video]

Nov 18, 2021 | Jomana Karadsheh, CNN
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Oil is a major driver for the world's climate crisis but in Iraq's province of Basra, residents and officials say it's causing a local environmental disaster. A recent UN report deemed Iraq the world's fifth most vulnerable country to the effects of climate change and with toxic fumes suffocating villages, some say change is not happening fast enough.