An international advocacy group has launched a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest tech companies for the deaths and injuries of child miners in … Tech giants sued over ‘appalling’ deaths of children who mine their cobaltRead more
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Posted inFossil fuel / Methane / News
Exxon Well Blast Caused Huge Methane Leak in Ohio
An Exxon Mobil Corp. natural gas well in Ohio released more methane into the atmosphere during a blowout in 2018 than some countries do in … Exxon Well Blast Caused Huge Methane Leak in OhioRead more
Posted inNews / Saudi Arabia / Weapons / Yemen
BAE Systems accused of being party to alleged war crimes
A group of human rights organisations have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing BAE Systems and other arms manufacturers based in … BAE Systems accused of being party to alleged war crimesRead more
Posted inGreenhouse gas / News
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions
Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. The … Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissionsRead more
Posted inIndia / News
Gujarat farmers sow potato seeds registered by PepsiCo, in symbolic protest
Farmers in Gujarat have sowed a variety of potato seeds registered by multinational PepsiCo, in a symbolic protest against the food and beverage corporation. The … Gujarat farmers sow potato seeds registered by PepsiCo, in symbolic protestRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl
Corporate Power
Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have accumulated tremendous economic and political power in recent decades. Today TNCs play a vastly outsized and largely unwelcome role in the … Corporate PowerRead more
Posted inHospital / News / Privacy
The largest transfer to date of private medical data to the tech giant
Last week, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Ascension Healthcare, the second-largest healthcare provider in the US, has partnered with Google in a … The largest transfer to date of private medical data to the tech giantRead more
Posted inFossil fuel / Politics / ToMl
How the Energy Companies Took Us All
It’s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down … How the Energy Companies Took Us AllRead more
Posted inNews / Politics / Tax
Taxing Bill Gates $100 Billion
“When you say I should pay $100 billion, then I’m starting to do a little math about what I have left over,” said Gates, who … Taxing Bill Gates $100 BillionRead more
Posted inEconomics / Politics / ToMl
If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa
The BBC recently carried a short article which began: “Luxembourg’s data privacy watchdog says it is in discussions with Amazon about voice recordings made of … If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versaRead more