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27 September 2024
Burning Skies
The true toll of Big Oil’s gas flaring in Africa and the Middle East
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UAE ‘used Russian mercenary group to arm Sudan rebels’
Wagner, renamed Africa Corps after the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last year, ‘shipped arms from Dubai’ to militants accused of war crimes in Darfur
11.07.2024
BP venture sells carbon offsets by ‘saving’ trees that aren’t in danger
Finite Carbon runs the largest forest offsetting projects in the US. Analysis suggests they aren’t doing what they claim
28.06.2024
‘Plug and abandon’
Is the oil company that polluted Poole Harbour now risking disaster in the North Sea?
29.05.2024
‘Saviour of carbon markets’ faces questions over African land rights
Carbon Done Right says it has secured 57,000 hectares for offsetting—but no leases have been registered
10.05.2024
Deadly Legacy
RWE, the UK’s biggest power producer, has a problem with asbestos
24.02.2024
‘Fool’s bargain’
The secret payments behind a deal that brought a country to its knees
09.02.2024
Secret Sewers
Hundreds of unmonitored ‘emergency overflows’ are located in conservation areas and some are used routinely, documents reveal
29.01.2024
As climate change wrecks homes, human traffickers profit
Sierra Leone’s poorest communities have long been prey to human traffickers. Climate change is making things worse.