Subject: Climate crisis

18.11.23

Environment

‘We won’t compromise’: Villagers rail against DRC’s fossil fuel auctions

Locals say they have not been consulted about controversial sell-off that threatens their land

02.11.23

Environment

Backroom deals, mystery companies and a ‘killer lake’: inside DRC’s gas and oil auction

Minister in the spotlight as lucrative sell-off is plagued with allegations of favouritism

23.10.23

Environment

£4bn in UK public pensions funding North Sea oil giants drilling new wells

Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea

13.10.23

Advice for whistleblowers: how to approach the media

It can be daunting to raise concerns within your organisation – but blowing the whistle in the media can have a hugely positive impact

12.09.23

Environment

Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions

TBIJ revealed last year that beef giant Marfig had sourced cattle from inside Brazil's Menku territory

11.09.23

District heating leaves London residents sweltering during heatwave

South Londoners living in stifling conditions due to communal heating systems residents cannot switch off

06.04.23

Environment

Harvard climate professor lobbied regulator on behalf of oil giant

Jody Freeman used Ivy League connections to arrange meeting for ConocoPhillips, where she is a $350k-a-year board member

09.03.23

Environment

How Indigenous people protect the world’s forests

Indigenous territories cover more than half of the forested areas in Brazil’s Amazon – but account for a tiny fraction of forest loss

07.02.23

Environment

Insurance giant ‘breached international guidelines’ by backing oil pipeline

A group of NGOs allege that Marsh is contributing to the serious harm caused by the pipeline by providing the insurance services necessary for the project to progress

02.02.23

Big Tobacco

Waitrose becomes first UK supermarket to stop selling disposable vapes

Move comes after Bureau's reporting into the environmental impact of single-use vape products

11.01.23

Environment

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

Senior bankers greenlit $340m deal with energy giant RWE but recommended HSBC's involvement was kept quiet

15.12.22

Big Tobacco

Lithium being trashed by the tonne as disposable vapes flood the US market

Five devices per second are thrown away by 15- to 24-year-olds despite containing reusable batteries

31.10.22

Environment

Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for

Bank is using ‘green’ initiatives to raise billions for companies that are fuelling the climate crisis

22.09.22

Environment

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Abattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King

15.07.22

Big Tobacco

Rise of single-use vapes sending tonnes of lithium to landfill

Vital metal going unrecycled as disposable e-cigarettes are binned in their millions

09.03.22

Environment

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Chief executive of world's biggest assets manager has said sustainability will be at the heart of the company's investments

10.02.22

‘Deforestation-free’ soya farms still tearing down the Amazon

More than 1,000 sq km of the Amazon has been felled on Brazilian soya farms over the past decade, despite an internationally recognised agreement to protect the rainforest, an investigation can reveal...

08.11.21

Environment

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Bank lobbied to delay key deadline and scrap mandatory science-based targets for 50-bank net-zero alliance

15.10.21

Environment

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

A 400-mile voyage between two soya superfarms threw up two constants: charred woodland and serious prosperity

13.10.21

Environment

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

For farmers, it is a magic bean that helps pack muscle onto chickens, pigs and cattle. But there are mounting concerns about the expansion of soya farming around the world

‘We won’t compromise’: Villagers rail against DRC’s fossil fuel auctions

Backroom deals, mystery companies and a ‘killer lake’: inside DRC’s gas and oil auction

£4bn in UK public pensions funding North Sea oil giants drilling new wells

Advice for whistleblowers: how to approach the media

Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions

District heating leaves London residents sweltering during heatwave

Harvard climate professor lobbied regulator on behalf of oil giant

How Indigenous people protect the world’s forests

Insurance giant ‘breached international guidelines’ by backing oil pipeline

Waitrose becomes first UK supermarket to stop selling disposable vapes

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

Lithium being trashed by the tonne as disposable vapes flood the US market

Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Rise of single-use vapes sending tonnes of lithium to landfill

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

‘Deforestation-free’ soya farms still tearing down the Amazon

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

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