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Published by CorpWatch | By Esmé Graziani | Monday, July 15, 2024
Spills from Petroperú’s oil drilling have devastated the Marañón river in Peru for some 50 years. In order to tackle the pollution, a group of Kukama Indigenous women sued the government and Petroperú asserting that the river is a living entity with rights that should be protected. Read More
Published by CorpWatch | By Pratap Chatterjee | Monday, July 8, 2024
An explosion at Aricell’s lithium metal battery factory in Hwaseong city in South Korea killed 23 workers in late June 2024. Read More
Published by CorpWatch | By Aimee Swaine | Monday, June 24, 2024
A proposed US$2.5 billion open-pit copper and iron mining complex, under development by Andes Iron, that would have threatened Humboldt penguins and other marine species, has been denied permission to proceed after a years-long legal battle fought by local communities and environmental groups. Read More
Published by CorpWatch | By Pratap Chatterjee | Monday, May 20, 2024
Petrochemicals group Kolmar, based in Zug, Switzerland, sued three journalists and two NGOs, for publishing a report alleging that the company was sourcing refined oil from the Zawiya refinery in Libya during the civil war. Read More
Published by | By Richard Smallteacher | Monday, April 15, 2024
Rio Tinto Zinc is quietly trying to restart a $2.4 billion plan to dig for lithium in the Jadar region of Serbia two years after the original mining permit was canceled in response to a massive popular uprising in 2022.
Published by CorpWatch | By Pratap Chatterjee | Monday, April 8, 2024
A KLM ad campaign that claimed customers could “fly sustainably” was declared illegal by a Dutch court in historic win against greenwashing, after the company was sued by Fossielvrij NL (Fossil-Free Netherlands) and Reclame Fossielvrij.