European fossil fuel majors generated just 0.3% of energy production from renewables in 2022
On 22 August, Greenpeace published a new report accusing major European gas and oil companies of doing nothing to transition ...
Tag: Human rights
Part one: UAE carbon credit company shows COP28 host dripping in green-grabbing hypocrisy
The COP28 climate summit’s host has launched a neocolonial green-grabbing crusade across the Global South. Naturally, it’s yet another nifty ...
Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people – and you can thank the British for that
A law amendment in Iraq has proposed capital punishment for homosexual relationships. Campaigners have called it a "dangerous" escalation in ...
Ecuador triumphs over oil and gas interests in the Amazon, no thanks to the Global North
The people of Ecuador have spoken: in with Amazon protection, out with oil and gas. On Sunday 20 August Ecuadorians ...
New report shows that Global North-imposed debt is locking the Global South into fossil fuels
On Monday 21 August, a coalition of nonprofits urged for Global North nations and institutions to cancel the crushing debts ...
Attacks on aid workers are at an all-time high worldwide, says the UN
A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the UN has said. The statistic ...
Montana youth climate litigation win raises hopes for other US climate accountability cases
On Monday 14 August, a group of young people won a landmark US climate accountability lawsuit. The Held v. State ...
NY Times exposes its colonial and fossil fuel biases as one writer’s response to Hawaiian wildfires is ‘Rolex!’
A New York Times's (NYT) journalist's abhorrent tweet on Hawaii's devastating wildfires is exactly what you should expect from an elite ...
Fossil fuel interests sit at the heart of land-grab for energy transition in Scotland
A 'green' energy land-grab is underway in a poor neighbourhood in Scotland for the so-called energy transition. Naturally, in keeping ...
Aberdeen community to lose last green space in energy transition land-grab
On Wednesday 9 August, campaigners from Climate Camp Scotland, This is Rigged, and Scot.E3 demonstrated outside the headquarters of Ironside ...
Big agribusiness corporations have covertly captured key talks on the future of global food systems
If you needed a reminder that corporations rule the world, look no further than the United Nations’ (UN) answer to ...
Burnt-out Britain exposed as workers are facing gruelling conditions just to earn a pittance
"Gruelling" work intensity is a growing problem in "burnt-out Britain'. That's the conclusion of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which ...
Militaries and arms companies can reduce emissions, but you can’t greenwash an industry of mass murder and destruction
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) could soon become a corporate partner with one of the world’s leading professional bodies for ...
Nuclear weapons firm AWE latest corporate criminal to seek membership of prominent sustainability body
The UK’s main manufacturer of nuclear warheads could soon become a corporate partner to a leading global sustainability organisation. The ...
Brits back call for new law that empowers them with a vital human right
Many countries around the world recognise their citizens' access to a healthy environment as a constitutional right. Moreover, both the ...
Roger Waters calls for the release of activists who shut down an arms manufacturer
A group of nearly 80 public figures have issued a statement in support of activists for disrupting the UK operations ...
Trophy hunting and biodiversity credits are two sides of the same capitalist coin
What do trophy hunting and biodiversity credits have in common? It sounds like the start of some crass joke. Only, ...
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