Following Labour’s dramatic losses to Reform UK in last week’s local elections, and anti net-zero plans announced by the ...

The illicit trade in diamonds has funded wars and human rights abuses for decades, resulting in the death and displacement of millions of people. There is a reason they are dubbed ‘blood diamonds’.

Mexico, the country with the highest number of killings in 2021, saw a significant drop from 54 murders in 2021 to 31 in 2022.At least 16 of those killed were Indigenous peoples, and four were lawyers ...

Joannah had tree sap running through her veins. She was a tree lover, a permaculture practitioner, a full-on environmentalist and conservationist, a mum and an earth mother. She had an ardent and ...

What we set out to do In 2016, the UK led the world by creating the first fully open register of the people who own and control UK companies – known as Persons of Significant Control (PSC). By making ...

The warning signs were there from the outset. The Trump Ocean Club, one of Trump’s most lucrative licensing deals to date, was announced in 2006 and launched in 2011, a period when Panama was known as ...

China has long dominated the world's supply of heavy rare earths, minerals needed to build electric vehicles and wind turbines. Demand for these products is skyrocketing as we rush to meet climate ...

The US$5 billion East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will slice through 1,443km of land from western Uganda to the eastern coast of Tanzania, where it will be exported to international buyers. The ...

The labourers were obliged to drink, bathe and clean their utensils using dirty water from stagnant pools filled with cow manure. At night they were forced to sleep with farmyard animals, with no ...

The situation in Nzibira is far from unique. In nearby Lubuhu, around 15 times as much cassiterite (tin ore) was tagged in the first quarter of 2021 as was produced in the two validated mines in the ...

Oil, gas and mining companies based in Europe and Canada are now publicly disclosing the payments that they make to governments, including taxes, royalties and licence fees. Companies are required to ...

Harms to scientists hurt us all These trends present concerns for the global ability to act on climate change. If scientists are unable to do their work because of stress and fear caused by harassment ...