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Red handed: A truck loaded with coal is spotted inside the Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine in South Wales on May 24, months after it was ordered to stop operating Credit: UVAG/Coal Action Network

1 Jun 2023 5 minute read

Britain’s great coal scandal

The UK’s largest opencast coal mine has ‘illegally’ extracted 300,000 tonnes of coal after being ordered to close. ...

29 May 2023 4 minute read

The interview: Vandana Shiva

The Indian physicist and veteran food sovereignty activist speaks to Amy Hall about a...

A Greenpeace activist holds a sign as he confronts the deep sea mining vessel Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, as it returned to port from eight weeks of test mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii, off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

23 May 2023 6 minute read

The race is on to stop deep-sea mining

Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of...

Large placard with '15 months in prision for a peaceful protest? "Seriously Australia?" #FreeVioletCoco ' written on it and a photo of Deanna Maree “Violet” Coco. Two people are in the background but you can only see the lower parts of their bodies.

7 Mar 2023 3 minute read

How to fight the clampdown on climate activism

Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist...

20 Feb 2023 5 minute read

Futures: A world to win

We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case...

A large lighbulb floats above the planet earth - illustration

1 Feb 2023 3 minute read

What if… electricity were a right not a commodity?

Universal, free access to electricity could be better for people and the planet. Nick Dowson explores how it...

24 Jan 2023 8 minute read

Heat the rich: British Gas/Centrica

As part of its investigation into firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch turns a critical...

Image description: A woman tries to keep warm with blankets in an unheated home. Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels.

13 Dec 2022 8 minute read

Heat the rich? Part five: E.ON

As part of its investigative deep dive into energy firms cashing in on the cost of living crisis, Corporate Watch...

Image description: A person wraps themselves with a blanket in an unheated home. Photo by Q000024.

6 Dec 2022 6 minute read

Heat the rich: OVO Energy

In the fourth installment of its series investigating the firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch...

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28 Nov 2022 7 minute read

Crisis capitalism: Octopus energy

In the third installment of Heat the Rich – an investigative series on energy firms profiting from the cost of living crisis...

A man holds out his hands, holiding a lightbulb with small lights coming out of it. You can't see his face.

12 Oct 2022 5 minute read

Cashing in on energy

In the first of its new series, Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch takes a critical look at Scottish Power. ...

India’s railways are frequently hailed by defenders of the British Empire as a positive legacy of colonialism. While the country has an extensive network which ranks among the world’s biggest employers, it was designed to serve the interests of imperialism and private profit – with the directors of the sub continent’s first railway drawn from the ranks of the East India Company. Here passengers prepare to eat on board a modern-day sleeper train. BOAZ ROTTEM/ALAMY

15 Sep 2022 1 minute read

Railways: Back on track?

On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of...

7 Sep 2022 4 minute read

Liz Truss’s bosses’ bailout won’t solve the energy crisis – but people power still can

In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. ...

Photo of Mauricio Ye’kuana, a Brazilian Indigenous leader and Treasurer of the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), who work to protect Yanomami and Ye’kuana communities in the Brazilian Amazon

23 Aug 2022 4 minute read

The violence of Brazil's 'wildcat' gold mining

Indigenous activist Mauricio Ye’kuana speaks on the dangerous fight to protect his people’s land.

Satellite view of Lake Mead, US, taken on 19 July 2022 during a drought. It shows how little water there is and dry ground around it.

16 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Climate change? It’s everyone’s problem

It’s naive to assume that rich countries will escape the impacts of a changing climate, argues Nanjala Nyabola...

Hindu women offer prayers to the sun god by venturing into the foam-coated waters of the Yamuna River (a major tributary of the Ganges) in New Delhi, India. The river is responsible for 70 per cent of the city’s water supply but is severely polluted at this stretch. Recently city authorities have taken to deploying blowers to push back the foam from the banks during festivals, so that the faithful can take a holy dip. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

7 Aug 2022 1 minute read

Rivers: holy waters

We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of...

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