http://www.corpwatch.org/ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15548 <div class="text blurb">Environmental lawyers and activists on Monday sued the European Commission for failing to release studies investigating the impact of biofuels on the environment.</div> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15548 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15547 <div class="text blurb">Amidst allegations that Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America have been complicit in the murders and harassment of activists, several positive developments in Canada are seen as a source of hope that firms may begin to be held accountable on human rights and environmental questions.</div> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15547 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15546 <div class="text blurb"> Uganda’s members of parliament (MPs) are pressurising government to make public details of oil production-sharing agreements it signed with various international oil companies. </div> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15546 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15544 <div class="text blurb">In the rural, tribal lands of Eastern India, protesters are going head-to-head with world steel giant Arcelor Mittal. “We may give away our lives, but we will not part with an inch of our ancestral land," the villagers cry. "The forest, rivers and land are ours. We don't want factories, steel or iron. Arcelor Mittal Go Back.”</div> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15544 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15543 <div class="text blurb">Apple Inc. said it found more than a dozen serious violations of labor laws or Apple's own rules at its suppliers that needed immediate correction. The findings were outlined in a company report on audits of 102 supplier facilities conducted in 2009.</div> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15543 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15542 <div class="text blurb">In separate statements, BP America, ConocoPhillips and Caterpillar are quitting the Climate Action Partnership, a group in Washington that has sought to find common ground among corporations and environmental groups in battling global warming.</div> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15542 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15545 <div class="text blurb">Legal headaches are growing exponentially for the security firm formerly known as Blackwater – once the darling of the military-industrial community.</div> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15545 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15540 <div class="text blurb">Afghan police are widely considered corrupt and unable to shoot straight; they die at twice the rate of Afghan soldiers and NATO troops despite $7 billion spent on training and salaries in the last eight years. A new high-level report says that the State Department's contract with DynCorp is at fault.</div> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15540 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15538 <div class="text blurb">Report for the UN into the activities of the world's 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment</div> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15538 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15537 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15537 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15536 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15536 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15535 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15535 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15532 <div class="text blurb">The latest act of defiance against the backdrop of unrest since 1997 among communities, environmental and rights activists over the 2.13 billon U.S. dollar mining project by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, the Indian arm of London-based Vedanta Resources Plc. </div> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15532 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15534 <div class="text blurb"> Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.</div> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15534 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15531 <div class="text blurb">A former U.S. military contractor has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a kickback scheme involving Army contracting officials</div> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15531