Using “the market” as a means to absolutely reduce global greenhouse gas emissions has long been criticised as “pie in the sky” (and not a particularly clean pie at that). Now, in order to “prop …
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Is Europe’s carbon trading scheme merely hot air?
Canada poses as “Friendly, Green Oil Giant” to win over UK universities
Joe Oliver, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, met with staunch opposition at the London School of Economics (LSE) on 20 October whilst promoting Canada as the next ‘Global Energy Superpower’.
Protesters presented an alternative perspective to …
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MEPs call for EU to clean up oil, mining industries
The European Parliament has urged EU countries to clean up the mining and oil industries by publishing what companies pay to get their hands on contracts and by giving legal protection to whistleblowers.
Two reports …
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Shining a light on Europe’s role in the Tar Sands
UK Tar Sands Network and friends have been in Brussels for the Canada-EU trade talks. The tar sands may be being extracted in Canada, but the debate over the industry’s future is raging in Europe …
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MEPs call for moratorium on public financing of mining projects
In an open letter addressed to the EU president, the EU presidency and the European commission, 50 MEPs from 4 different political parties (S&D, Greens, Gue/Nordic Left and ALDE) call for “a moratorium on EU …
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Glencore: the monster has landed!
The world’s biggest commodities’ trader has “gone public” on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, following the conditional issue of shares to its so-called “cornerstone investors” over the previous week.
Glencore has leapt straight …
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Traidcraft’s raw materials campaign explained
Many of the world’s poorest countries are rich in valuable raw materials which could help fuel their development. And many of the world’s richest countries want to get their hands on them. The European Union …
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EU to table oil, mining transparency bill
To combat illegal exploitation of conflict minerals in Africa, the European Commission is expected to table by November a proposal for an EU law asking large companies to reveal their oil and mining activities to …
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Keep Europe out of the Tar Sands!
On January 14th 2011 a group of protesters invaded the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and demanded a meeting with Stephen Green, the new Minister for Trade. Calling themselves the “Big Society Trade Negotiators”, …
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Climate crisis deepens as talks take place in China
World Gobbling Up Greenhouse Gas Budget: WWF
Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide risk overshooting by a third the threshold beyond which dangerous global warming looms, the environment group WWF said on Wednesday, urging climate talks in …
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LMN and others urge European Commission to ban cyanide use
In May, the European Parliament called for a complete ban on the use of cyanide in mining. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10102. The European Commission refused to endorse the ban. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10246. In response, a number …
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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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