Faith leaders should promote disinvestment from fossil fuels
A UN climate chief has urged faith groups to disinvest from fossil fuels and “set the ethical foundations for tackling climate change”.
UK advertising watchdog launches probe into Peabody ‘clean coal’ ad
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched an investigation into an allegedly misleading advert by Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private sector coal company, which ran under the strapline: ‘Lets brighten the many faces of global energy poverty’.
Tokelau leader to BHP Billiton: Your coal won’t solve poverty. Come and see for yourself.
In a further take-down of the claims of BHP Billiton and other coal companies that continued investment in coal is required to lift billions out of poverty, the Ulu (leader) of the Pacific Island nation of Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Kuresa Nasau, has written to the worlds biggest miner to challenge their claims. In the letter, the Ulu invited BHP Billiton’s President of Coal, Dean Dalla Valle to come to Tokelau to see the effects of climate change first hand.
Tokelau leader to BHP Billiton: Your coal won’t solve poverty. Come and see for yourself.
In a further take-down of the claims of BHP Billiton and other coal companies that continued investment in coal is required to lift billions out of poverty, the Ulu (leader) of the Pacific Island nation of Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Kuresa Nasau, has written to the worlds biggest miner to challenge their claims. In the letter, the Ulu invited BHP Billiton’s President of Coal, Dean Dalla Valle to come to Tokelau to see the effects of climate change first hand.
Australian government rejects advisers' warning on Rio Tinto's Bougainville mine
The Australian Green Party has obtainedinformation from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade revealing that the Australian government is now being advised by Rio Tinto – which to this day dodges war crime allegations over its former role on Bougainville.