Environmentalists fighting harder - but they will not win! I don't believe for a minute these ragtag environmentalists are mounting these large sophisticated campaigns by themselves. Someone is backing them.
That being said they are targeting Africa with a vengeance. See the below story link at the bottom.
However the key take away from this story is the large presence of the French and Chinese who go back a long time in partnerships like to the late 80's when the French got the Chinese ski concessions ( I was involved in the American efforts for it).
"French oil major Total (now TotalEnergies) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) agreed on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the two governments"