LAGOS, NIGERIA, 9 NOVEMBER 2015 – Led by Nigerian activists, social justice campaigners from around the world will commemorate on 10 November the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight more Ogonis at the hands of…
Check out the full dossier prepared by the MAB about the breakup of the mining company Samarco dams, owned by Vale and BHP Billiton, which caused a “tragedy foretold” in Mariana (MG). District Bento Rodrigues in Mariana (MG)…
On November 5, 2015, yet another shocking and terrible report involving a large mining company and Vale S.A. Two dams of the Samarco mining company Minera SA, a joint venture of Vale SA (50%) and BHP Billiton…
Voting is open for this year’s special edition Pinocchio Climate Awards! This year’s who’s who of nasty multinational companies whose activities have a direct impact on the climate and communities around the world. Those who use their…
Governments are liberating global corporations from the rule of law and leaving them to rip the world apart ‘Step back a pace and you see that all these crises arise from the same cause.’ Illustration: Sebastian Thibault …
As part of the Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power, ASTM has prepared a Special Dossier that includes the testimony of UDAPT on the impacts of TexacoChevron in Ecuador, the opinion of a Bolivian researcher of CEDIB, as well…
By Eva Hershaw In March of last year, California-based oil giant Chevron hailed a sweeping victory in a two-decade long legal battle in the Ecuadorean Amazon. A New York federal judge, Lewis Kaplan, ruled that a $9.5 billion Lago…
A leaked European Union document has revealed that the EU is willing to trade away essential environmental safeguards during the ongoing EU-US trade talks. The leaked document, which provides an overview of the EU’s opening position on…
As Miami talks wind up, environmental safeguards are ‘virtually non-existent’ in trade deal negotiating text for sustainable development, lawyers say The EU appears to have broken a promise to reinforce environmental protections in a leaked draft negotiating…
What do the UN climate talks in Paris this December, €œCOP21€ , and the ongoing EU-US trade negotiations, TTIP, have in common? Both look set to create deals that work for big business and dirty industry,…
Published in Kompas, 15 October 2015 The twelve States in the Pacific Rim have just concluded the negotiations of the Treaty on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Treaty itself will serve as a legal framework for free trade cooperation and…
A new briefing by AITEC and CEO explains why TTIP, and especially regulatory cooperation, could put a stranglehold on our ability to create the energy transition required to tackle climate change. The new briefing gives examples…