‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests

31 May 2023

‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests

Sierra Leone is on the climate change frontline. Its defences are on sale to the highest bidder

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Eni chased ‘profits at any cost’ to fuel Pakistan energy crisis

28.04.2023

Eni chased ‘profits at any cost’ to fuel Pakistan energy crisis

Eni cited supply issues to divert gas shipments from Pakistan—and made half a billion dollars selling the fuel elsewhere, leaving the crisis-hit country burning coal instead.

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Russian farming bank in sanctions row quietly funded oil deals

02.03.2023

Russian farming bank in sanctions row quietly funded oil deals

Documents reveal state agriculture lender’s key role in exporting Russian oil, contradicting Kremlin claims

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Zahawi played active role in offshore-linked lender

27.01.2023

Zahawi played active role in offshore-linked lender

UK Conservative chairman did not disclose involvement with company led by Matt Hancock’s brother 

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‘They came at night’: Armed men at Disney forest project razed farmers’ homes 

20.01.2023

‘They came at night’: Armed men at Disney forest project razed farmers’ homes 

Coffee growers say Peru authorities demolished houses on a conservation site generating millions of dollars in carbon credits for US entertainment giant

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The Carbon Con

18.01.2023

The Carbon Con

The world’s biggest companies, from Netflix to Ben & Jerry’s, are pouring billions into an offsetting industry whose climate claims appear increasingly at odds with reality

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Total’s Congo offsetting project ‘snatched our land’

12.12.2022

Total’s Congo offsetting project ‘snatched our land’

Farmers say oil giant’s tree-planting scheme has barred them from their fields and threatens livelihoods.

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BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades

16.11.2022

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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The Man Behind the Curtain

30.06.2022

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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