http://www.corpwatch.org/ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15472 <div class="text blurb">In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, $285 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars have flowed into a Black & Veatch-built power plant outside Tarakhil village. But, far from the public relations coup the project was intended to supply, the plant has run into problems with planning, cost over-runs and alleged corruption.</div> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15472 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15473 <div class="text blurb">Retired retail executive Richard Goldman was astonished when he heard about the $27 billion pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador. SO he has created a nonprofit group, Ethos Alliance, that will use social-networking tools to spread word of the case and put pressure on Chevron.</div> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15473 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15466 <div class="text blurb">The world's carbon trading markets growing complexity threatens another "sub-prime" style financial crisis that could again destabilise the global economy, campaigners warn. In a new report, Friends of the Earth says that to date "cap and trade" carbon markets have done little to reduce emissions but have been plagued by inefficiency and corruption.</div> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15466 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15467 <div class="text blurb">While it doesn’t sound (and need not be) nefarious, activist groups worldwide like the Rainforest Action Network argue that the production of palm oil is currently harming rain forests in Southeast Asia, orangutans, and the environment.</div> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15467 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15463 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15463 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15461 <div class="text blurb">British oil trader Trafigura has offered to settle a court case brought by 31,000 Africans who say that they were injured in the largest personal injuries class action mounted in an English court. The action resulted from the dumping of 400 tonnes of waste in the Ivory Coast by an oil tanker, the Probo Koala, in 2006 — one of the worst pollution disasters in recent history. </div> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15461 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15462 <div class="text blurb">British oil trader Trafigura has offered to settle a court case brought by 31,000 Africans who say that they were injured in the largest personal injuries class action mounted in an English court. The action resulted from the dumping of 400 tonnes of waste in the Ivory Coast by an oil tanker, the Probo Koala, in 2006 — one of the worst pollution disasters in recent history. </div> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15462 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15451 <div class="text blurb">E.ON, the German energy group, has effectively thrown in the towel on its plans to build a new coal-power station at Kingsnorth, UK, blaming the recession. Kingsnorth has been shrouded in controversy ever since inception, with protests over several years including a high-profile Climate Camp protest.</div> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15451 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15456 <div class="text blurb">Environmental groups hailed a decision this week by four of the world’s largest meat producers to ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested areas of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest. Brazil has the world’s largest cattle herd and is the world’s largest beef exporter. It is also the fourth largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions.</div> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15456 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15452 <div class="text blurb">Tracing the chain of production of an E. Coli-contaminated hamburger made by Cargill, through interviews and government and corporate records obtained by The New York Times, shows why eating ground beef is still a gamble. Neither the system meant to make the meat safe, nor the meat itself, is what consumers have been led to believe.</div> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15452 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15448 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15448 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15454 <div class="text blurb">El hecho contrasta con la postura adoptada por Al Gore, quien rehusó participar en un seminario sobre Cambio Climático en Chile el 2007 si la minera impulsora del polémico proyecto Pascua Lama actuaba como sponsor. Organizaciones norteamericanas cuestionan la asistencia de la Presidencia y aseguran que esta va en dirección contraria a la línea de protección social impulsada por la mandataria.</div> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15454 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15447 <div class="text blurb">The question at the heart of one of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year is simple: What constitutional rights should corporations have? The legal doctrine underlying this debate is known as “corporate personhood.”</div> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15447 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15437 <div class="text blurb">On Monday Chevron said it gave Ecuadorean authorities evidence of a bribery scheme linked to a $27 billion environmental damages lawsuit against the oil company. Last week, the judge hearing the case, Juan Núñez, recused himself. The Amazon Defense Coalition said the recusal did not “change the overwhelming evidence against Chevron.”</div> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15437 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15436 <div class="text blurb">Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as the world’s leading weapons supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study.</div> Sun, 06 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15436