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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

2 Aug 2022 12 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...

14 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Cut and run

Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw...

13 Jun 2022 4 minute read

Fossil fuels – a journey in time

A short history of dependency.

Passersby walk past a mural in Venezuela showing oil drilling. Oil has made an important contribution to Venezuelan state revenues. JOHN VAN HASSELT/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES

7 Jun 2022 12 minute read

Getting over Big Oil

We cannot let the fossil fuel industry block urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to...

9 Jun 2022 3 minute read

What if…we said ‘no’ to concrete?

The world is turning grey as more and more concrete is poured. Vanessa Baird posits an alternative.

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