Campaigners have forced the biggest shareholder in a titanium mining project on south Africa's 'Wild Coast' to withdraw, reports Rachel Lees. But they now fear the project itself will continue under the auspices of local 'front' companies, while the big profits enrich the British and Australian investors that are the real masters of Africa's neo-colonial minerals boom.
… Finance UK Australia Indigenous Peoples Campaigning … much more than the impact of public campaigning. For instance, War on Want's … and MRC's activities we see the necessity of campaigning in Britain made clear too. But the …
As part of a global week of action campaigners from Divest London have gathered to ‘Raise the Heat' on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, writes Hal Rhoades - protesting its plan to invest in a ‘carbon bomb' coal project that endangers global climate and threatens to finish off the Great Barrier Reef.
CommBank must ditch its plans to fund Great Barrier Reef destruction Hal Rhoades | 26th May 2015 News Climate Change Finance Australia UK Oceans divest-london-4-cut.jpg As part of a global week of …
With 80% of the world's fossil fuel reserves 'unburnable' if the world is to meet its climate targets, writes Melanie Mattauch, the divestment movement is moving from strength to strength. As investor confidence in fossil energy ebbs away, 2015 is where the endgame for a dying industry begins.
2015 - the fossil fuel endgame begins Melanie Mattauch | 12th January 2015 Comment Climate Change Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal fossilfreeuk-210914-cut.jpg The Force is with us! Giant carbon …
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth over $900 billion, has today announced that it will divest from coal, a move expected to force the sale of investments worth $13.3 billion. Campaigners say that other funds have now 'run out of excuses' not to follow suit.
… in renewables! They also promised to continue campaigning for the fund's full divestment …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
… Ecoclub-Rivne, NECU and others - have been campaigning since more than five years for of …
Reforms should be made to the Bank of England’s mandate to make climate stability a core purpose, according to a new report. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Time to bail out the climate, say campaigners Catherine Early | 16th May 2018 News Banking Finance Climate Change Risk Recession bank_of_england.jpg Reforms should be made to the Bank of England’s …
With the Wall Street Journal warning that the GMO crop boom may be over in the face of superweeds, higher seed prices, falling yields and farmer antipathy, writes Pat Thomas, the Monsanto-Bayer merger is a sign of weakness as both companies struggle to deliver growth and profits to match shareholder expectations. We had better be ready to press home our advantage!
… fertilisers, ammonia and in 2005, when campaigning focus was increasing on Monsanto, …
The UK's pension funds are worth a colossal £3 trillion - yet few have any idea what 'their' pension money is doing. As Rebecca O'Connor reports, activist pension holders can now shift their funds towards green, ethical investments ...
Our pensions can change the world Rebecca O'Connor | 11th January 2014 Ethical Living Green Economy Finance radishes.png The UK's pension funds are worth a colossal £3 trillion - yet few have any …
Fossil fuel companies are a risky investment thanks to the 2.8 trillion tonnes of 'unburnable' carbon in their reserves, writes Franklin Ginn. But there's an even stronger reason to support fossil fuel divestment: to erode their political power, which they use to block progress to a sustainable, low carbon future.
To hit fossil fuel firms where it hurts, support divestment! Franklin Ginn | 20th October 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Finance Politics Climate Change deepwater-horizon-cut.jpg Fossil fuel companies are …
Ann Pettifor has changed the world once; now she wants to do it again.
Visionaries: Ann Pettifor The Ecologist | 1st April 2009 News Green Living Finance Green New Deal Jubilee 200 Campaign Economics Visionaries visionaries_ann-pettifor.jpg Ann Pettifor has changed the …
UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in fossil fuels, campaigners revealed today. Now they should re-invest it in solar energy, new housing and other areas that generate local and global benefits - as well as providing better security for pension holders.
Exposed: UK Councils' £14 billion fossil fuel gamble The Ecologist | 24th September 2015 News Finance Fossil Fuels UK coal-mine-mongolia-cut.jpg UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in …
Day of action calls on governments to cancel debt payments extracted from lower-income countries now hit by coronavirus.
Coronavirus debt cancellation demand Jonathan Stevenson | 15th April 2020 News Coronavirus Covid-19 Debt Global Justice Now Economics Finance johnson_sunak.max-760x504.jpg Day of action calls on …
There's one big thing that Britain's biggest banks could do to reclaim their grievously impaired reputations, writes Greig Aitken: commit to stop investing in coal projects. As well as reducing climate change and local environmental impacts, it would also 'de-risk' their balance sheets as the global tide, from the US to China, turns against the dirty, carbon-heavy fuel.
… about thanks to more than ten years of campaigning from our colleagues at Friends of … the Earth France and other groups. Now we are campaigning to extend this 'Crédit Agricole' …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political … Environmental Prize laureate , denies that campaigning for environmental protection is …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
Indian government sanctions Greenpeace to send a menacing message Praful Bidwai | 23rd April 2015 News India Law Finance Development Coal Politics coal-india-hyderabad-cut.jpg Prime Minister Modi's …
Fund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' to clients by failing to put pressure on the companies they invest in to reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a fossil-free future could be sued for their negligence, say respected experts in law, environment and finance.
Fund managers: campaign on climate, or face lawsuits The Ecologist | 12th February 2016 News Climate Change Law Pollution Emissions Finance drax-cut.jpg Fund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' …
Plans to create a market in nature itself are fraught with danger, writes Alex Scrivener. Biodiversity offsetting could allow the fate of our forests, rivers, meadows and wildlife species, and the people who depend on them, to be determined by the whims of multinational corporations and speculative investors.
Nature as an 'asset class' - the free market's final frontier? Alex Scrivener | 14th September 2014 Comment Natural World Finance UK ashridge-forest-cut.jpg Plans to create a market in nature itself …
A Senate vote yesterday to deny President Obama 'fast track' authority in negotiating TPP and TTIP looks like the beginning of the end for these trade deals and their secret corporate courts, writes Nick Dearden. Now it's up to Europeans to make sure the EU Parliament votes against TTIP in a crucial vote next month.
US Senators just knocked a wheel off TPP and TTIP. Now let's finish the job! Nick Dearden | 13th May 2015 Comment Trade Finance EU USA Politics stop-tpp-cut.jpg A Senate vote yesterday to deny …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
After Brexit and Trump: don't demonise; localise! Helena Norberg-Hodge Rupert Read | 22nd November 2016 News Brexit Politics Society Trade Finance US UK ladakh-cut.jpg Both Trump and Brexit can be …
The Guardian Media Group is to divest its £800m fund from fossil fuels over five years. The terms of its promise appeared to leave the door open to natural gas and fracking, But GMG now insists that it aims to ditch all fossil fuels within five years.
… of hypocrisy given the Guardian 's strong campaigning stance on fossil fuels. Its ' Keep …
An occupation of EDF's site office for Hinkley C turned into a celebration today as the EDF Board postponed its 'final investment decision' for the tenth time. With strong opposition among French unions and the project afflicted by severe technical and financial problems, it's not just Hinkley that's going down, but the UK's entire nuclear programme.
EDF's Hinkley C offices occupied as UK nuclear hopes wither Oliver Tickell | 15th February 2016 News Nuclear UK France China Finance Technology Energy Protest edf-occupied-cut.jpg An occupation of …
Britain's doctors have voted for their representative body, the British Medical Association, to divest from fossil fuels, writes Tierney Smith - adding valuable momentum to the fast growing global divestment campaign.
BMA votes for fossil fuel divestment Tierney Smith TckTckTck | 26th June 2014 News Finance Fossil Fuels Climate Change divest-cut.jpg Britain's doctors have voted for their representative body, the …
Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many of their assets may prove worthless.
Go fossil-free, urge investment managers Kieran Cooke | 28th October 2013 News Fossil Energy Fossil Green Economy Finance Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many …
Indigenous Environmental Network's lawsuit blocked construction of Keystone XL.
Who actually wants new oil pipelines? Chris Saltmarsh | 12th November 2018 Comment Keystone XL Pipeline Fossil Fuels Finance Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan pipeline.jpg Indigenous Environmental …