http://www.corpwatch.org/ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15473 <div class="text blurb">Retired retail executive Richard Goldman was astonished when he heard about the $27 billion pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador. SO he has created a nonprofit group, Ethos Alliance, that will use social-networking tools to spread word of the case and put pressure on Chevron.</div> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15473 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15466 <div class="text blurb">The world's carbon trading markets growing complexity threatens another "sub-prime" style financial crisis that could again destabilise the global economy, campaigners warn. In a new report, Friends of the Earth says that to date "cap and trade" carbon markets have done little to reduce emissions but have been plagued by inefficiency and corruption.</div> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15466 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15465 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15465 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15460 <div class="text blurb">The French government has demanded answers from a nuclear research facility after nearly triple the registered amount of plutonium was discovered there during its dismantling this summer.</div> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15460 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15451 <div class="text blurb">E.ON, the German energy group, has effectively thrown in the towel on its plans to build a new coal-power station at Kingsnorth, UK, blaming the recession. Kingsnorth has been shrouded in controversy ever since inception, with protests over several years including a high-profile Climate Camp protest.</div> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15451 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15437 <div class="text blurb">On Monday Chevron said it gave Ecuadorean authorities evidence of a bribery scheme linked to a $27 billion environmental damages lawsuit against the oil company. Last week, the judge hearing the case, Juan Núñez, recused himself. The Amazon Defense Coalition said the recusal did not “change the overwhelming evidence against Chevron.”</div> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15437 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15415 <div class="text blurb">Near the town of La Jagua, overlooking the Magdalena River, the landscape is dotted with concrete markers declaring the land, river, and everything else a “public utility” that Colombia has given to the energy company Emgesa as part of the Quimbo Hydroelectric Project. A construction permit was granted in May, with the dam scheduled for full operation by 2014.</div> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15415 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15438 <div class="text blurb">In Colchester, Essex, John and Alfred Donovan are compiling perhaps the world's largest dossier on Royal Dutch Shell, at royaldutchshellplc.com. It's an awkward position for Shell, this month crowned by Fortune magazine as the world’s largest company, as trying to shut the website down would draw even more attention to it.</div> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15438 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15439 <div class="text blurb">In Colchester, Essex, John and Alfred Donovan are compiling perhaps the world's largest dossier on Royal Dutch Shell, at royaldutchshellplc.com. It's an awkward position for Shell, this month crowned by Fortune magazine as the world’s largest company, as trying to shut the website down would draw even more attention to it.</div> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15439 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15401 <div class="text blurb">In another example of the revolving door between industry and government, the UK Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is recruiting more than a dozen project managers to speed up its review of new nuclear reactor designs – even though those managers work for the companies hoping to build the reactors.</div> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15401