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27/11/2022
Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades
Billionaire’s companies helped Rosneft trade with sanction-hit Venezuela and continued to ship Russian oil since Ukraine invasion
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11.16.2022
BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades
Just across the water from the COP27 summit, a plant recently owned by BP is pumping contaminated water into the ocean—and has been doing so for decades
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10.31.2022
Mines, pipelines, oil rigs: What HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for
HSBC has committed to contribute up to $1 trillion in sustainable financing and investment by 2030. But billions of dollars being counted towards this target are in fact helping to fuel the climate crisis
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05.31.2022
Qatar World Cup relying on flawed carbon offsets
SourceMaterial analysis finds problems with the competition’s claims
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06.30.2022
The Man Behind the Curtain
Rainer Sonntag rode a wave of violence to become one of Germany’s leading neo-Nazis. He was also a communist spy—and worked for Vladimir Putin
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06.03.2022
‘Battle of science’ rages over Peru glacier
A landmark court case raises questions about a German energy giant’s funding for disputed climate research
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05.02.2022
Buy low, sell high: What they don’t tell you about carbon offsets
As investors flock to a booming market, middlemen are pocketing cash that is supposed to fight climate change
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04.13.2022
Glencore and the Order of Friendship
The trading giant’s lucrative deals with allies of Vladimir Putin
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02.26.2022
BP under pressure over fuel for Russian military
BP may be profiting from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine through its stake in Rosneft, a major fuel supplier to Russia’s military
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