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NGO finds 177 environmental activists murdered worldwide in 2022

In its annual review, the Global Witness NGO named 177 land and environmental defenders who had been killed in 2022 – from the Amazon to the Philippines and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale

Disappearances ‘speak to dangers’ of environmental activism in Philippines

Some 15 activists and community organisers have gone missing since Ferdinand Marcos Jr took power in the Philippines.

Al Jazeera

Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report

Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness

The Guardian - UK

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EU imports of Russian liquified gas leap by 40% since Ukraine invasion

Pipeline flows from Russia have fallen to historic lows, but shipments of LNG from all over the world have surged

The Guardian - UK

Model’s Only Fans billboards cleared after complaints children could see them

The ASA received 30 complaints that Eliza Rose Watson’s posters featured sexual adult content and were inappropriate to be seen by children.

The Independent UK

Tories dubbed 'political wing of fossil fuel industry' after lobbying revelations

THE Tories have been branded the “political wing of the fossil fuel industry” after an analysis found that ministers met with energy firms 53…

The National (Scotland)

Do Shell chief’s claims about cutting oil output being dangerous stack up?

Wael Sawan accused of ‘gaslighting’ after saying cuts would worsen cost of living crisis and disadvantage poorer countries

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Climate groups accept millions from charity linked to fossil fuel investments

Exclusive: Quadrature Climate Foundation is run by billionaires whose fund has stakes worth $170m in fossil fuel firms

The Guardian - UK

Shell faces backlash for ‘destructive’ decision to abandon oil reduction plans

Plan to reduce oil production by up to 2% each year this decade dropped, with claim that oil field sell-offs mean target already reached

Insider UK

Greenwashing: energy companies make false claims about sustainability – they should be held to account

Companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a way to present an environmentally responsible image and therefore gain legitimacy in the eyes of their stakeholders. But some companies don’t actually live up to their claims.

The Conversation

Oil and gas emissions predicted to rise for North Sea companies

Shell and BP responsible for around 36% of the total 725 million tonnes of CO2 set to be emitted between now and 2030

Insider UK

British public ‘being ripped off’ as Shell pays just 22p in tax per citizen despite record profits

UK ranks 19th out of the 25 countries in which Shell operates for the amount of tax it paid, campaigners say

The Independent UK

UN biodiversity day turns 30, but is the world doing enough?

The International Day for Biodiversity was created in 1993 to shine a light on issues affecting nature. Three decades later, protecting ecosystems has become more urgent than ever. The EU is one region rolling out ambitious policies, but the clock is ticking.

Radio France Internationale

Swiss gold or smuggled Zimbabwean gold? No one knows

A complex gold smuggling and trading system means there is no clean gold, an Al Jazeera investigation shows. Here’s why.

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The Independent UK

BP CEO pay doubles to $12M as high energy costs surge profit

Total pay for BP’s CEO more than doubled to $12 million last year

Wales Online

Huge £10m pay packet for ex-Shell boss while Brits struggle with astronomical energy bills

Some people have accused energy suppliers of profiteering off the war in Ukraine as the supply is causing prices to rise

The Independent UK

‘Outrageous’ Shell bonus triggers call for higher windfall tax – but UK firms take hit from levy

‘The money being made out of Putin’s war should be helping struggling families’

Daily Mirror

Fatcat ex-Shell boss handed huge £10m pay packet - as Brits struggle to pay energy bills

Last month, Shell reported record profits of £32.2billion for 2022 which was double the previous year's total

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The Independent UK

At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forests

A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting planet-warming emissions

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military gets new aviation fuel supplies despite abuses

New report from Amnesty Intl, Global Witness and Burma Campaign UK reveals new shipments of fuel despite air raids.

The Guardian - UK

Shell and Vitol accused of prolonging Ukraine war with sanctions ‘loophole’

Exclusive: Ukrainian economic adviser urges energy firms to heed deadline to halt trade of ‘Russian-origin oil products’

The Guardian - US

Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders

Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014

Daily Mirror

Energy bill rise a 'national act of harm' as energy firms hand £84BILLION to shareholders

As analysis shows five energy firms shared out £84billion to shareholders, Martin Lewis slammed Tory plans to raise the cap on energy bills and urged the Chancellor to postpone

ABC News

Shell profit doubles to record $56 billion in 2022 as war drives up energy costs

Global energy giant Shell has said that its annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and natural gas prices soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Shell profit doubles to record as war drives up energy costs

Global energy giant Shell says annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and gas prices soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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