Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: Co-opting the COP
How the finance sector captured the UN climate finance agenda Read Here
Lobbying
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: The deadly climate gamble
Dirty Energy bets on unproven ‘carbon removals’ to keep fossil fuels flowing Read Here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Big Tech now edges out Big Energy in EU lobbying
Companies with the highest-declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third since 2015 Corporate Europe Observatory is a non-profit research and campaign group whose declared aim is to “expose any effects of corporate […]
EU-Institutions
Corporate Europe Observatory: Lobbying the EU
A trio of studies examining the “revolving door”, the transparency register, and how much big companies have spent on lobbying the EU Read Here European Commission, Photo Credit: Stephane Mignon
Energy
DeSmog: Nick Cunningham – Internal Documents Show Big Oil PR Messages Still ‘Mislead’ Public on Climate
Despite claims of transitioning to cleaner energy, internal emails and documents obtained by a congressional investigation show oil companies trying to protect their fossil fuel investments through public narratives that conflict with private communications. Nick […]
Corruption
Théo Bourgery-Gonse: How France lobbied against Commission’s proposal on platform workers’ rights
France heavily lobbied the European Commission over the rights of platform workers, favouring the position of platforms and raising more concerns of collusion between French decision makers and industry lobbyists, according to documents obtained by […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog: The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.
DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen. Read Here
Corruption
Prabir Purkayastha: The WTO Opts for Greed and Profits Over Providing Vaccinations for All People Worldwide
Vaccine apartheid is not in the news anymore but it is still live and well. This article was produced by Globetrotter The UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva […]
Climate Crisis
Vicky Cann – Exploiting the Ukraine crisis for Big Business
Unbelievable! EU corporations lying, cheating, and bribing to increase their profits. Vicky Cann is a Researcher and campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Business interests are never shy in their opposition […]
Corruption
Hubert Horan, Izabella Kaminska: The “Uber Files” are not the Uber exposé you are looking for
Finally an article that analyses the case of Uber and the Uber Files with the real big picture Read Here