Tag Soil Pollution

5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Infiltrated UN Climate Summits

A shocking new investigation reveals that more than 5,000 fossil fuel industry lobbyists gained access to United Nations climate summits between 2021 and 2024—the same four-year period that saw devastating extreme weather events intensify worldwide and global oil and gas…

Congo Basin Indigenous Communities Face Industrial Extraction Threats

Indigenous and local communities living in the Congo Basin—the world’s second-largest rainforest—are bearing the devastating costs of industrial expansion as governments and investors race to extract minerals, timber, and oil to fuel economic growth and the green energy transition. A…

Major Banks Pour $3B Into Amazon Gas Project Despite Climate Pledges

A massive natural gas complex deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest is receiving billions in funding from major global banks, even as these same institutions publicly commit to environmental protection, according to a new report from nonprofit Stand.earth. The Camisea Gas…

Documents Expose Exxon’s Climate Denial Campaign in Latin America

Newly leaked documents reveal that ExxonMobil orchestrated a deliberate campaign to spread climate change denial throughout Latin America, aiming to undermine international climate agreements. The cache of hundreds of previously unpublished papers includes actual copies of checks the oil giant…