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‘Reckless’ UK risks billions on BP gas scheme

16 December 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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Manufactured Doubt

27 November 2024

Manufactured Doubt

The plastics industry is taking lessons from Big Oil to undermine science

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‘Don’t look back or we’ll shoot’

24 November 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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Toxic Trade

23 November 2024

Toxic Trade

African cities are choking as UK refineries export dirty fuels banned in Europe

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UK gas investor ‘owned company in Iran shadow banking network’

18 November 2024

UK gas investor ‘owned company in Iran shadow banking network’

Lawsuits against Viaro boss raise questions about $500 million sale of strategic energy assets

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Oil lobbyists ‘greenwashing’ Azerbaijan for climate summit

3 November 2024

Oil lobbyists ‘greenwashing’ Azerbaijan for climate summit

Teneo, a US firm with close ties to the oil industry, will earn millions for enhancing the image of the petrostate as it jails climate activists and ramps up fossil fuel investment

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Dark Water

17 October 2024

Dark Water

How Putin's shadow fleet is illegally dumping oil across the globe

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Meat giant’s bone incinerator could break emissions laws

17 October 2024

Meat giant’s bone incinerator could break emissions laws

Dawn Meats’ planned incinerator in rural Ireland could breach legal limits on ‘irritant gas’, leaked documents show

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Burning Skies

27 September 2024

Burning Skies

The true toll of Big Oil's gas flaring in Africa and the Middle East

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UAE ‘used Russian mercenary group to arm Sudan rebels’

14 September 2024

UAE ‘used Russian mercenary group to arm Sudan rebels’

Wagner, renamed Africa Corps after the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last year, ‘shipped arms from Dubai’ to militants accused of war crimes in Darfur

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BP venture sells carbon offsets by ‘saving’ trees that aren’t in danger

11 July 2024

BP venture sells carbon offsets by ‘saving’ trees that aren’t in danger

Finite Carbon runs the largest forest offsetting projects in the US. Analysis suggests they aren’t doing what they claim

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