Dirty hands on dirty deals
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,…
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Indonesia and the Treaty on Trans-Pacific Partnership
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…
TTIP: A box of tricks for corporate climate criminals
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…
Guatemalan environmental leader murdered; others in danger
Descargar: MP3 (2.9 MB) Before the landslides that caused at least 160 deaths, with still missing, in Guatemala city, the country’s social organizations had to mourn the murder of another community and territory defender: Rigoberto Lima Choc, a young environmental…
Sign the petition: Demand justice for Rigoberto Lima Choc!
Sign the petition: Demand justice for Rigoberto Lima Choc! Last week, environmental activist Rigoberto Lima Choc was murdered in Northern Guatemala. This happened just after a court upheld charges he filed denouncing massive pollution caused by a palm…
Under the makeup: Hydro creating unfeasible societies in the Brazilian Amazon
PRESS RELEASE Under the makeup: Hydro creating unfeasible societies in the Brazilian Amazon Contamination, colossal use of water, violation of indigenous rights and heavy climate footprint in Hydro’s bauxite and alumina production in Pará…
‘Revoke AGIP operating licence,’ Friends of the Earth Nigeria tells Nigerian Government
LAGOS, NIGERIA, September 14, 2015 — Friends of the Earth Nigeria / Environmental Rights Action (ERA/FoEN) has demanded a Nigerian Federal Government probe into of explosions caused by Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] operations in several communities in Bayelsa State…
PINOCCHIO CLIMATE AWARDS 2015
SAVE THE DATE! PINOCCHIO CLIMATE AWARDS 2015 Paris, December 3rd 2015 Which corporations are lobbying the hardest to undermine climate policies? Which corporations are doing their best to greenwash their image? Which corporations have the least regard for local…
CANADA OPENS THE DOOR TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULING AGAINST CHEVRON
Quito, September 4th, 2015. After eight months of waiting, the Supreme Court of Canada ratified the second instance ruling of the Ontario Court of Appeal, which recognises that the Canadian court does have the jurisdiction to allow the…
Belo Monte Operating License can not be leased without guarantee of rights
Mission report which certified human rights violations resulting of the Belo Monte construction has been published by the National Council of Human Rights. Text by: Plataforma de Direitos Humanos Dhesca Brasil The National Council of Human Rights…
Solidarity message with Paulina Muñoz Samaniego from the Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power and put an End to Impunity
Solidarity message with Paulina Muñoz Samaniego from the Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power and put an End to Impunity The Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power and put an End to Impunity is deeply…
El Salvador Kicks Monsanto & Their Seeds Out Of Country
You can’t turn the on the news without hearing a headline concerning Monsanto, it seems. From studies indicating their glyphosate-containing herbicide to be linked with a list of degenerative health concerns, to Dr. Oz being smear-campaigned by the big agriculture company, it’s very…