Brazil’s senate approves anti-Indigenous land bill
*Less than a week after celebrations of a key victory in Brazil’s supreme court, the country experienced a major setback for Indigenous rights. On 21 September, Brazil’s supreme court judges…
Australia has a chance to reckon with racism
*The abhorrent racism on display in the lead-up to a historic vote on Indigenous constitutional recognition in Australia has underscored exactly why the legislation is sorely needed. Australia will hold…
People’s Assembly releases final details of Tory conference protest
*The People’s Assembly is gearing up for its national demonstration and Festival of Resistance in Manchester. The group is holding the events during this year’s Conservative Party conference – and…
Braverman hits out at Refugee Convention in hate-filled speech
*On 26 September, home secretary Suella Braverman gave a hate-fuelled tirade on the subject of asylum seekers as part of a keynote speech in Washington. In it, she stated that…
the Amazon’s route to deforestation
*The reconstruction of Amazon’s BR-319 highway in Brazil, connecting the capital Manaus in central Amazonia to the southern edge of the forest, Porto Velho, is an ambitious and controversial infrastructure…
goverment approves climate-wrecking oil and gas field
*On Wednesday 27 September, the UK government issued a license to the controversial and potentially disastrous Rosebank oil and gas field. The decision throws a spanner in the UK’s plans…
Water companies ordered by regulator Ofwat to cut bills due to poor performance
The water services regulation authority has ordered water companies in England and Wales to return a combined £114m to customers Source link
multilateral bank funds climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects
*Thousands have called on a major European development bank to end its Euro billions in financing for fossil fuels. Between 2018 and 2021, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development…
Writers Guild hails “exceptional” deal in Hollywood strike
*On 24 August, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) – whose industrial action has forced Hollywood to months-long halt – announced that it had reached an “exceptional” deal with studios.…
TotalEnergies’ grifts in greenwashing to win over new investors
*French fossil fuel major TotalEnergies will host its next ‘Investor Day’ on Wednesday 27 September. As it says on the tin, the company will court financial support from prospective investors…
TNFD framework corporations have harmed people and the planet
*Corporations wrecking the planet and harming frontline communities have added a new chapter to their greenwashing playbook. On 18 September, a prominent business-led initiative published the final draft of a…
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure falls short
*A coalition of rights groups and environmental non-profits named the Forests & Finance Coalition have called out the “corporate greenwashing” of a new high-profile market-led initiative to address the biodiversity…
