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An extraordinary leader has been murdered. To save this planet we need extraordinary leaders…. Many of them are not known to you and to the rest of the world, and probably they never will be. Why? “It costs us in blood” BUT THEY ARE HERE, fighting each day for a world where environmental and human… Read More
By Robert Redford (Actor, director and Environmental Activist) The art of storytelling is at our core. It’s the lifeblood of how we communicate and how we decide what deserves our attention and what we are content to ignore as a passing fad. We’ve accomplished storytelling on the silver screen and the latest Internet meme, but… Read More
Citing environmental concerns, central Colombian villages use months of direct action to delay planned state oil project. OSCAR LEÓN, TRNN PRODUCER: In the central Colombian region of Meta, communities won an important victory in the fight to preserve their lands from possible contamination from drilling by Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company. The Meta region’s administrative… Read More
Top 15 Shareholders – Total, Ophir Energy and SOCO International – One Corporate Responsibility What is a shareholder? A shareholder (or stockholder) is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. Both private and public traded companies have shareholders. Companies listed at… Read More
Climate Conversations – Let’s start treating the environment as a shared asset By Colin Chartres It has been 20 years since the great and the good last assembled for a global summit on sustainable development. As the world descends on Brazil for the Rio+20 U.N. conference, it may be worth reflecting on what the planet… Read More
SaveVirunga fears that local communities in and around Virunga NP will be next. See one of our last post on this issue. * Peru: Undermining Justice If multinationals will do anything to control the public debate, how can indigenous peoples ever assert their rights? With global demand for natural resources increasing year on year, some… Read More
One of the many lakes with Oil…lessons to be learnt… A Lake of Oil: Congo’s contracts escalate conflict, pollution & poverty May 17, 2010 • 5:06 pm A Lake of Oil analyses confidential oil contracts held by UK companies Tullow and Heritage in the Democratic Republic of Congo that were leaked by Platform, revealing the… Read More
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