Tragedy announced
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)…
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Another trail of destruction and death in the history of mining and Vale S.A. – Note by the International Articulation of People Affected by Vale S.A.
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…
PINOCCHIO CLIMATE AWARDS 2015: Vote now!
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…
The gathering financial storm is just one effect of corporate power unbound
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 …
Special dossier prepared by ASTM: Stop Corporate Impunity
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…
Chevron’s Star Witness Admits to Lying in the Amazon Pollution Case
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…
TTIP leak exposes EU’s failure to protect the environment
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…
TTIP: EU negotiators appear to break environmental pledge in leaked draft
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…
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,…
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…