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7 August 2025
‘Game of greenwashing’
On the front line of the battle against plastic waste, a World Bank scheme sparks controversy
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29.05.2025
Mining giant faces call to return $630m of illegally extracted gold
An agricultural community has blocked Fresnillo from mining for gold on its land for more than a decade—now the courts are tallying up the bill
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09.04.2025
Big Tech’s data centre push will take water from the world’s driest areas
Tech giants are building data centres in water-scarce parts of five continents
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25.03.2025
Burning Rubber
The poisonous afterlife of waste tyres
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12.02.2025
‘Cocktail of contaminants’
Burning plastic and emitting toxic gases has become central to ‘plastic offsetting’ claims
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04.02.2025
Shadow Crews
EU and Ukrainian companies are manning the ships carrying Putin’s oil
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31.01.2025
Total mega-project in doubt as backers review evidence of killings, rape and detentions
Governments are reviewing their support for Total’s $20 billion gas project after SourceMaterial revealed abuse allegations against troops defending the site.
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24.11.2024
‘Don’t look back or we’ll shoot’
TotalEnergies knew troops it funded stood accused of torture, rape and killing—and kept paying them
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16.12.2024
‘Reckless’ UK risks billions on BP gas scheme
State could pay out £6 billion if courts block flagship carbon capture project that critics say won’t help the climate
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27.11.2024
Manufactured Doubt
The plastics industry is taking lessons from Big Oil to undermine science
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