The US’s seizure of Venezuela’s oil assets casts doubt over the fate of the $150 billion due to Caracas over the next decade, ...

The NGO Forest Coalition calls on the UK government to implement Schedule 17 of the Environment Act, which will prohibit the use of commodities grown on illegally deforested land, and to go further by ...

Ramping up oil production in Venezuela could emit pollution equivalent to emissions of all global shipping into the ...

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...

Brazil knows the devastation climate change is causing better than most, yet its own state oil company's actions could stand in the way of progress at COP30 Imagine earning the responsibility of ...

A mine worker walks near the leaching pools near Pangwa (the Kachin Special Region 1), in Northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border in early 2024. Supplied by a Global Witness partner To reverse the ...

The jaguar's future looks increasingly uncertain as Big Agribusiness tears down its home in Brazil's tropical forests to make way for cattle ranching Jaguars are key for healthy ecosystems. Gerald ...

Trump’s obsession with rare earth minerals makes sense when you understand their role in modern military technology Critical minerals have in recent years been central to global visions of a greener ...

The entrance to the Veolia San Silvestre Environmental Technology Park. Leonardo Granados / Global Witness Global Witness obtained a series of videos secretly filmed within the Veolia-managed site ...

Late last year, Germany’s governing coalition collapsed, forcing a snap election. As Germans are preparing to head to the polls on Sunday 23 February, the effect that social media platforms’ ...

Dutch companies will profit from a new Philippines airport project being built at a high cost to communities and the environment Download the full report ...

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