‘Dirty Money – Corporate greenwash and RBS coal finance’ takes the case of the Royal Bank of Scotland, an international bank with interests across the fossil fuel sector that is promoting itself as a genuine …
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New report released on RBS coal finance during RBS-sponsored Climate Week
CORE publishes briefing on UK company reporting
Over the last six years, developments in UK law on company non-financial reporting requirements have proven particularly challenging to follow. Beck Wallace has just produced for CORE a short briefing which attempts to provide an …
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The deadly costs of continuing to rely on coal
A new scientific study, published by the New York Academy of Sciences, estimates that the burning of US coal costs the nation up to US$500 billion a year in “hidden” health, economic and environmental costs. The …
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Protests against BHP Billiton at Australian AGM
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton held its Australian AGM in Perth, Western Australia, on Tuesday 16 November.
The company came in for strong criticism on a number of issues and was presented with an alternative annual …
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BHP Billiton: other sides to the story
BHP Billiton presnted its annual report to shareholders at its London AGM on 21 October. At a meeting the evening before, London Mining Network presented BHP Billiton 2009-10 – other sides to the story: case …
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Rio Tinto subsidiary slammed for ‘unsafe mine design’ in US
Mining engineer Jack Parker has produced a report criticising as unsafe the design of Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott’s Eagle Mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan – a mine already being condemned for its impact …
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An introduction to coal mining
London Mining Network has produced an introductory briefing on coal mining, dealing with its impacts on farming communities, Indigenous Peoples, water, air and human health.
It calls for a just, planned transition away from coal and the creation of …
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New report on coal from Down to Earth
LMN member group Down to Earth has issued a special edition of its newsletter: Indonesian Coal – local impacts, global links.
EU-India Trade Invaders
A new Corporate Europe Observatory report on the trade talks between the EU and India reveals that officials on both sides have handed the negotiation agenda over to business interests, ignoring the needs of citizens. …
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Dark Materials: the consequences of clinging to coal
Mines and Communities launches a global Special Report
Is our planet going up in smoke?
NEWS RELEASE
From: Mines and Communities, London
1 September 2010
Prospects are now dwindling that a binding Climate Change treaty …
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Sierra Leone Government urged to revise agreement with London-listed African Minerals Ltd
The National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE) is calling on the President and Parliament of Sierra Leone to demand a review of the mining agreement signed between the Government and African Minerals Limited, listed …
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Client Earth report on Rio Tinto
London law firm Client Earth has recently published a critique of Rio Tinto’s corporate reporting in the light of the Companies Act 2006 requirements, comparing Rio Tinto’s record with its reporting, and referring the company …
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