March 20
Africa: The Supermajors' Plans Could Kill 11.5 Million People
The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron until 2050 could cause an estimated 11.5 million additional premature deaths due… Read more »
January 29
Africa: European Demand Driving $1 Trillion Spending On Gas Production Worldwide This Decade #AfricaClimateCrisis
$223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe Read more »
November 28, 2023
Africa: EU Commission Unveils Subsidy Plans for Hydrogen Infrastructure, Opening Up Europe to Fossil Gas Lock-in
Brussels, November 28 - The European Commission today opened the door to subsidies for a pipeline to transport blue hydrogen from Norway to Germany, which lead to more fossil gas… Read more »
November 22, 2023
Africa: Equinor, Shell and RWE's Plans to Flood Europe With Fossil Hydrogen May Receive EU Taxpayer Support #AfricaClimateCrisis
A pipeline to export fossil hydrogen from Norway to Germany is in the running for EU subsidies, and would rely on new hydrogen plants which would burn more fossil gas than Denmark,… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Africa: The Climate Law the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want #AfricaClimateHope
Europe's biggest polluters - Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and ENI - are fighting to stop a law that would force them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our governments cannot… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Africa: TotalEnergies Announces €4.5 Billion Quarterly Profits While Remaining a Top Buyer of Russian Liquified Gas #AfricaClimateCrisis
27 July 2023, London - French energy giant TotalEnergies today announced €10.4 billion ($11.5 billion) in profits so far in 2023, and the company continues its trade buying… Read more »
Africa: As Shell Reports £3.9 Billion in Q2 Profits Amidst Deadly Heatwave, Its Oil and Gas Investment Is Forecast to Increase By 10% #AfricaClimateCrisis
London, July 27th 2023 - As Shell reports profits of £11.6 billion ($14.8 billion) for the first half of this year, new analysis shows that the company is set to increase its… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Africa: UK Government's Announcement On New Oil & Gas Licences Is 'Morally Depraved' #AfricaClimateCrisis
Statement on UK Government's announcement to award new North Sea oil and gas licences Read more »
June 26, 2023
Africa: UK Government Quashes New Law That Would Shut Off Money Pipeline to Deforesting Businesses #AfricaClimateCrisis
27th June 2023, London - The UK government has rejected a key amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill that would force financial institutions to carry out mandatory… Read more »
April 09, 2014
Guinea: Govt Moves to Strip Billionaire of Iron Ore Concession
A government committee in Guinea today recommended stripping diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz of one of the world's biggest iron ore concessions on evidence his company bribed… Read more »
August 15, 2013
Guinea: New Evidence Ties BSGR to Company Behind Guinea Mine Bribery
A director of Beny Steinmetz Group Resources set up a company that signed corrupt deals with the wife of an African president in a multi-billion-dollar mine scandal, Global Witness… Read more »
April 19, 2013
Guinea: Proof Company Was Lying in Mining Scandal?
Beny Steinmetz Group Resources says there was no corrupt behaviour in its acquisition of licences to one of the world's largest iron ore concessions, in the West African nation of… Read more »
April 16, 2013
Guinea: Corruption Arrest in U.S. Puts Beny Steinmetz Group Resources in the Frame
The US authorities have arrested a man in Florida in connection with the controversial acquisition of mining rights in Guinea by Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR), according to… Read more »
November 09, 2012
Guinea: Beny Steinmetz Group Resources Must Publicly Address Questions Over Mining Concession
The Financial Times has published serious corruption allegations relating to the confiscation of half of one of the world's biggest iron ore concessions and its granting to a… Read more »