As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… How oil and corruption have become so closely linked … October 2011 News Oil Arctic Natural World Corruption Politics And Economics Transparency … from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees …
Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, President Dilma Rousseff is ploughing ahead with a cascade of giant dams on the mighty Tapajos river. Among the companies touting to win huge construction contracts are France's EDF and Engie, and Germany's Voith and Siemens - in a consortium led by Brazil's Electrobras, which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects.
… revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, … which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects. Major … the nearby Belo Monte dam in the massive corruption scandal that has engulfed President …
Sarawak's lucrative logging industry has given rise to dynasties of enormous wealth and political power, writes Chris Lang, as revealed in this courageous investigation by Lukas Straumann. And the kingpin is multi-billionaire Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years, whose whose property empire spans the globe.
… Money Logging: Corruption, power and the destruction of … has profited from illegal timber sales and corruption. Straumann singles out Taib as "the … using his profit from logging to feed corruption and finally having 'liquidated a …
Weeks after a major legal victory in London's High Court over oil-polluted communities in Nigeria, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, Shell has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortunes as Italian prosecutors charge the company, and Italy's Eni, on corruption charges over a $1.3 billion oil deal.
… Shell, Eni hit with Nigerian oil deal corruption charges Joe Sandler Clarke … charge the company, and Italy's Eni, on corruption charges over a $1.3 billion oil … oil giants Shell and Eni with international corruption offences, as the companies struggle …
Italian prosecutors have raided Shell's offices to investigate the suspicious acquisition of a huge offshore oil field in Nigeria, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The oil block, sold by the Government for $20 million to a shell company owned by the oil minister, was later acquired for $1.1 billion by Shell and Eni.
… Public Prosecutor's office for 'international corruption' offences. The alleged offences are … with Nigerian activist Dotun Oloko and anti-corruption campaigners at Re:Common and Corner … and Eni have always denied knowledge of the corruption at the heart of this deal, but …
The British establishment does nothing quite so well as lies, cover-ups and high-level corruption, writes Georgina Downs - whether it's the Hillsborough disaster or permitting polluters to poison us. Georgina won her own High Court legal victory protecting rural residents from pesticide exposure as long ago as 2008 - only to have it snatched away as Court of Appeal judges closed ranks.
… pesticides: establishment cover-ups, lies and corruption Georgina Downs | 4th May 2016 News … so well as lies, cover-ups and high-level corruption, writes Georgina Downs - whether … of all the establishment cover ups, lies, corruption, false narratives, and simply not …
With EU ministers due to decide tomorrow on the future of the glyphosate in the EU, Colin Todhunter finds evidence of collusion between regulators and the corporations whose sales of the 'probably carcinogenic' herbicide add up to many billions of dollars a year - evidence that underlies a legal action alleging fraud by the European Food Safety Authority against the EU's 508 million citizens.
… masquerading as regulators in a 'cesspool of corruption'? Colin Todhunter | 17th May 2016 … Engdahl's recent piece on the "cesspool of corruption" that underpins relations between … and governments, by resorting to lying and corruption, by financing fraudulent scientific …
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.
… say campaigners, who point to endemic corruption in many developing world … also increasingly being linked to conflict, corruption, civil strife and human rights …
The EU's 'rapporteur state' on glyphosate, Germany, has recommended re-approval of the herbicide with its daily intake increased by 67%, write Drs Nancy Swanson and Mae Wan Ho. The verdict is based on a re-assessment carried out by Monsanto and a consortium of chemical companies, based on unpublished industry studies. It should be rejected outright.
It was all going so well for Chevron - a New York court had ruled that a $9.5 billion judgment against it set by Ecuador's supreme court for massive pollution deep in the Amazon was corrupt and fraudulent. But then its star witness broke ranks and admitted, in another court, that he had lied, and the only bribes were coming from Chevron. Will Ecuador's pollution victims finally get justice?
… fabricating an elaborate story of bribery, corruption and ghostwriting to strike back. … more thorough evidence rebutting Chevron's corruption allegations ... There's a very real …
Criminal gangs are increasingly smuggling Russian timber into China for manufacture into baby cribs, picture frames and toilet seats sold in the west. Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from Vladivostok
… Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from … Chinese demand and a culture of official corruption and fear – a trade that also … Forest, a recent TV exposé of the official corruption at the heart of the trade. Most …
Determined to flood 10,000 hectares of precious rainforest for a power station producing a meager 108MW of power, the Cambodian government has expelled a big 'fishbone in their throat' - eco-defender Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, who has galvanized local and nationwide protests against deforestation, land grabs and official corruption.
… deforestation, land grabs and official corruption. "I am arrested and ready to be … sense, and appears to be a triumph of corruption over wise governance, as it opens … said Alex. "It is just an excuse for further corruption from logging and mining." The …
Why are we so surprised at the Google tax heist? It's not because there's anything new about it, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. It's because our own political class have long their noses in the trough, and the tax-dodging billionaires that own our mainstream media are anxious to hide the swindle that's keeping them rich, and us poor.
… is that there are four pillars supporting the corruption of British democracy. One of those … pillar of The Prostitute State i.e. the corruption of our political system. This is … pay the price. It really is time for this corruption to be halted. It is these thieves …
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight
… Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze Chris Walker …
Investigation into the dangers faced by lawyers who champion human rights and environmental justice.
… and left-wing rebels, as well as widespread corruption, rampant environmental … that exposed how government complicity and corruption was enabling illegal logging, … enforced. The country suffers from chronic corruption and poor administration, meaning …
The US and other governments are pushing a failed model of water privatization, writes Victoria Collier - but water is a human right, not just a commodity to be traded for profit or monopolized by corporations, and citizens and communities worldwide are fighting back, from Detroit to Cochabamba, from Berlin to Malaysia, to reclaim their water commons.
… dealings, reduced water quality, bribery, and corruption." Double diasaster for impacted …
When seeking a new Vice-Chair for the BBC Trust, would you seek out a distinguished journalist? Or the Chairman of Europe's biggest arms company, one with a murky past of corruption and supplying deadly weapons to despotic governments? For the British oligarchy, writes Harry Blain, the answer is obvious.
… arms company, one with a murky past of corruption and supplying deadly weapons to … broadcaster with an industry known mainly for corruption, bribery and contempt for human … broadcaster with an industry known mainly for corruption, bribery and contempt for human …
The Export Credit Guarantee Department is accused of underwriting unethical and carbon-intensive business deals in developing countries and operating with a lack of transparency - charges it denies.
… agreements on environmental impact, corruption and human rights. These criticisms … the full picture.' Tackling bribery and corruption A major cause for concern for … requirements on how businesses proved no corruption or bribery took place and unlike …
Timber, diamonds, gold and oil have long been recognised as drivers of war. But companies involved in trading commodities from conflict zones are seldom prosecuted. Isn't it time they were held to account? Matilda Lee reports
… 17 years to expose armed conflict resource corruption, says that to date, efforts to hold … Geneva Convention. Ken Hurwitz, senior anti-corruption legal officer at the Open Society's …
Logging, mining and agriculture are opening up Guinea-Bissau's once intact forests to the ravages of the bush-meat trade, an Ecologist investigation finds
Bush-meat demand fuelling secretive trade in Guinea-Bissau's primates Dearbhla Crosse | 29th September 2010 News Bush-meat Primates Logging Deforestation Politics And Economics img_5473.jpg Logging, …
Journalism in the United States is a dying profession, says Paul Craig Roberts, recipient of the International Award for Excellence in Journalism 2015. Corrupted by corporate wealth and power, and intimidated by a repressive state, the mainstream media have assumed a new role as messengers of fear, hatred and naked aggression that's driving the world to nuclear war.
… higher price. Those who report on government corruption and on the drug cartels pay with …
I am pro-vaccine, writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I had all of my six children vaccinated. I believe that vaccines save millions of lives. So let me explain why I edited the book 'Thimerosal: Let The Science Speak', which exposes the dangerous and avoidable use of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal in vaccines given to millions of children and pregnant women here and around the world.
… Inspector General, paint CDC as a cesspool of corruption, mismanagement, and dysfunction … link backed by 37 scientific studies The corruption has also poisoned CDC's … industry. To educate yourselves about CDC corruption and the truth about vaccine …
Carbon trading cannot work. How do we know this? Because economic theory tells us so
… been beset by inefficiency and, in places, corruption'. Economics argues for its … of political manipulation that results in corruption. Carbon markets The justification …
Undercover filming by the Environmental Investigation Agency has unearthed shocking evidence of military involvement in the illegal timber trade, all to feed western demand for stylish wood products, according to Faith Doherty
… in Laos, steadily uncovering a trail of corruption and inadequate enforcement which … Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from …