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Covering Climate Now
6 days ago
In Mozambique, the French energy company TotalEnergies funded troops responsible for grave human rights violations.
@source-material.org
and
@lemonde.fr
showed that TotalEnergies knew the soldiers they funded were accused of torturing, raping and killing â and kept paying them.
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'Don't look back or we'll shoot' - SourceMaterial
When Islamist insurgents unleashed terror on northern Mozambique, civilians living in the shadow of Africaâs biggest gas project thought troops paid by the French energy giant would protect them.âŠ
https://www.source-material.org/mozambique-total-lng-military-human-rights/
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George Greenwood
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A major Tory donor has been sanctioned in the UK and EU for his alleged role in the Russian oil trade. The oil magnate Murtaza Lakhani was hit with a UK asset freeze and travel ban on the grounds that his activities were assisting Russia.
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Major Tory donor sanctioned over role in Russian oil trade
The government sanctioning statement alleges that Murtaza Lakhaniâs activities in the oil sector have supported the Kremlin
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/tory-donor-sanctioned-russia-oil-lkg2v3qh0
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đ Thrilled that SourceMaterial was Highly Commended at the British Journalism Awards for Energy & Environment Journalism! Huge thanks to our amazing team for all their hard workâonto the next story! âĄđż
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Last year, we travelled to Mozambique to reveal how TotalEnergies funded troops it knew stood accused of rape and murder. Today, after reviewing SourceMaterialâs findings and reporting by Politico, the UK government announced it would withdraw a $1.15 billion loan to the project.
about 1 month ago
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Amazon's environmental impact on France, like other places in the world, is bigger than it has previously acknowledged, leaked figures reveal. We shared these figures with
@reporterre.net
, who have published this story.
reporterre.net/Amazon-explo...
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Amazon exploite 924 data centers dans le monde, dont 29 en France
JusquâĂ aujourdâhui, Amazon nâavait jamais rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© publiquement le nombre de centres de donnĂ©es quâelle exploite. Tout juste Ă©taient-ils estimĂ©s entre 100 et 475. Selon des documents exclusifs obtenus ...
https://reporterre.net/Amazon-exploite-924-datacenters-dans-le-monde-dont-29-en-France
about 1 month ago
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NEW: Leaked documents reveal Amazon's "dirty energy empire". Soaring electricity demand in Mumbai, where Amazon has 16 data centres, has led to crumbling coal power stations being kept openâand fears AI is helping keep the world hooked on fossil fuels.
www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...
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Leak reveals Amazonâs hidden data centres' impact on emissions
Soaring electricity demand in Mumbai, where Amazon has 16 data centres, has led to crumbling coal power stations being kept open.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-data-centres-emissions-energy-mumbai-india-coal/
about 1 month ago
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NEW: We've seen documents revealing Amazon's hidden data centresâand hidden impact on the environment. The AI giant has twice as many data centres as previously reported, our investigation found.
www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...
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Amazon has twice as many data centres worldwide as previously reported
Amazon uses far more data centres across the globeâand has a bigger impact on the environmentâthan previously reported, leaked data reveals.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-data-centres-energy-water-usage/
about 1 month ago
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Nathan Gill has been jailed for accepting bribes to push the Kremlin's agenda. The money ultimately came from Viktor Medvedchuk, a close friend of Putin. In 2022 we took a look at Medvedchuk's relationship with Glencore, the London-listed commodities giant.
www.source-material.org/glencore-and...
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Glencore and the Order of Friendship â SourceMaterial
The trading giantâs lucrative deals with allies of Vladimir Putin When Vladimir Putin awarded Glencoreâs billionaire boss the Order of Friendship it was seen as the Kremlinâs stamp of approval on an a...
https://www.source-material.org/glencore-and-the-order-of-friendship/
about 1 month ago
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We're thrilled to have won the Society of Editors Media Freedom Award 2025 for environment journalism! Our investigation into the millions of UK tyres being dumped in India - and boiled in highly dangerous conditions - with our ace BBC co-reporters had widespread impact.
about 2 months ago
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We are supporting a new project convened by
@earthjournalism.bsky.social
in Asia Pacific, involving 11 news organisations in the region, looking into the environmental impact of the AI boom. There are more stories to come, but read the first few here:
earthjournalism.net/special-repo...
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Dark Side of the Boom
https://earthjournalism.net/special-reports/dark-side-of-the-boom
about 2 months ago
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Our latest investigation pieces together the career of Francesco Mazzagatti, the 39-year-old entrepreneur poised to become owner of a terminal that supplies a fifth of Britain's gas. A trail that leads from a warehouse in Calabria to London's High Court.
www.source-material.org/mazzagatti-v...
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North Sea Storm â SourceMaterial
Poised to take control of âthe backbone of the UKâs energy productionâ, Franceso Mazzagatti is defending allegations bribery, forgery and fraud
https://www.source-material.org/mazzagatti-viaro-north-sea-fraud-allegations/
about 2 months ago
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NEW: We've seen a leaked internal strategy document from Amazon Web Services. It shows the company strategising about keeping the true water usage of its data centres secret from the public.
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
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Leak reveals Amazon plan to keep water use of data centres secret
Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centresâ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-reveals-true-data-centres-water-usage-secret-plan/
2 months ago
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NEW: Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centresâ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. Our latest investigation with
@theguardian.com
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
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Leak reveals Amazon plan to keep water use of data centres secret
Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centresâ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-reveals-true-data-centres-water-usage-secret-plan/
2 months ago
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And since we're talking awards... we've been on a roll recently! đ On Tuesday, we won the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism for another investigation into Russia's shadow fleet, alongside over 40 collaborators from all around Europe.
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2 months ago
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We're very proud to be shortlisted in the British Journalism Awards alongside many other excellent journalists. Here's a quick đ§” of the stories included in our submission:
2 months ago
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The Shadow Fleet shipping Russia's oil is already leaving trails of oil in its wake, raising the question of who will pay up if the worst is to happen. Our latest investigation with
@victorjack.bsky.social
of
@politico.eu
, using data from
@skytruth.org
.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...
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Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions â SourceMaterial
As the West continues to blacklist ship carrying Russian oil, new slicks near Europeâs shores test the limits of Western sanctions
https://www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet-oil-slicks-eu-eu-sanctions/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
NEW: Russian-linked vessels are continuing to leak oil off Europeâs shores â despite Western sanctions â underscoring the continentâs inability to rein in Moscowâs so-called shadow fleet. Read our joint investigation with
@source-material.org
here:
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Russiaâs blacklisted tankers keep dumping oil in Europeâs seas
Shadow fleet vessels sailed unimpeded in EU waters after leaving slicks near the continent.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-blacklisted-tankers-vessels-keep-dumping-oil-europe-sea-despite-sanction/
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We're delighted that The Shadow Fleet Secrets â a project we worked on with
@ftm.nl
and a team of international outlets â has been shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Prize for Journalism.
daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025...
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Finalists 2025 â Daphne Caruana Galizia
https://daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025-finalists/
3 months ago
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We're very pleased to have been shortlisted for the Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards 2025 for our story 'Burning Rubber: the poisonous afterlife of waste tyres', in partnership with the BBC.
3 months ago
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We're delighted to have won in the 'Conflict & Climate Change' category at this year's Covering Climate Now awards with a project in partnership with our colleagues at Le Monde đ
3 months ago
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At dawn in Accra, Ghana, Lydia Bamfo (51) sets out to collect plastic waste. For 25 years sheâs battled the tide of rubbish overwhelming her city. Now she says the World Bankâs âsolutionâ has done nothing to help workers like her. đ§”
4 months ago
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NEW: SourceMaterial's investigation into a World Bank-backed plastic credits scheme shows it has sparked controversy in Accra, Ghana. Waste picker associations say they are 'sick and tired' of the 'false solution'. With
@ajenglish.bsky.social
:
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
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Ghanaâs waste pickers brave mountains of plastic â and big industry
Accra has been picked by a World Bank bond to end the waste crisis. But for informal recyclers, it is a false solution.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2025/8/7/ghanas-waste-pickers-brave-mountains-of-plastic-and-big-industry
5 months ago
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Keir Starmer said he's "tightening the screws" on Putin as he announced a raft of new sanctions, including two companies involved in crewing and managing ships involved in Russia's illegal oil exports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Starmer tightens screws on Putin with raft of fresh sanctions against Russia
Keir Starmer said his sanctions would choke off Putinâs ability to continue his war
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-sanctions-putin-uk-starmer-b2771546.html
7 months ago
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The French oil giant Total has quietly abandoned its offsetting project in the Republic of Congo,
@reporterre.net
reports. Back in December 2022, farmers told us the tree-planting project had barred them from their fields and threatened their livelihoods.
www.source-material.org/total-oil-co...
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Totalâs Congo offsetting project âsnatched our landâ
Farmers say oil giantâs tree-planting scheme has barred them from their fields and threatens livelihoods.
https://www.source-material.org/total-oil-congo-carbon-offsetting-project-indigenous-land-forest/
7 months ago
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Fresnillo is a goldminer worth ÂŁ8bn, listed on the London Stock Exchange and majority-owned by the billionaire BaillĂšres family. For years it has been locked in a bitter dispute with the BajĂo agrarian community on whose land it encroached in the desert of Mexico's Sonora state.
7 months ago
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The data centre boom in the desert: in Nevada, tech companies are transforming the landscape by building huge data centres and using vast amounts of water in the process. Read
@jtemple.bsky.social
's long-read for
@techreviewjp.bsky.social
here:
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center marketsâand sparking fears of water strains in the nationâs driest state.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116287/ai-data-centers-nevada-water-reno-computing-environmental-impact/?utm_source=tr_staff_outreach&utm_medium=tr_staff_social&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=guestbp
8 months ago
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This week MPs debated UK waste tyres illegally burned in India following our investigation with BBC File on 4 Investigates. "Investigators used GPS tracking devices in several consignments of waste tyres" to expose the trade, says MP
@tessamunt.bsky.social
.
www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-p...
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Burning Rubber â SourceMaterial
Millions of used UK tyres are being shipped to India to make dirty fuel harming people and the environment
https://www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-pyrolysis-india-uk/
8 months ago
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Pope Francis was a pontiff in a new mould: an advocate for migrant rights and global action on climate change. Those positions won him powerful enemies. In 2019 our investigation The Heretic in the Vatican revealed the extent of the plot against him.
www.source-material.org/the-heretic-...
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How Pope Francis became a hate figure for the far right
On a mountain outside Rome, Steve Bannonâs anti-immigrant populism joins forces with Catholic extremists who say a âgay plagueâ has infected the Vatican.
https://www.source-material.org/the-heretic-in-the-vatican-how-pope-francis-became-a-hate-figure-for-the-far-right/
8 months ago
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We're incredibly excited to welcome
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to our team.
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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NEW: SourceMaterial's investigation identified 38 active data centres operated by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in parts of the world already facing water scarcity, as well as 24 more under development. Read the full story here:
www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
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Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the worldâs driest areas and they are building more.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
9 months ago
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âThe question of water is going to become crucial,â says
@lopalasi.bsky.social
, founder of The Ethical Tech Society, as our investigation reveals data centres are being developed in the driest parts of the world.
www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
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Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the worldâs driest areas and they are building more.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
9 months ago
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âThey're using too much water. They're using too much energy,â said Aurora GĂłmez of the campaign group Tu Nube Seca Mi RĂoâSpanish for âYour cloud is drying my riverââcommenting on our investigation into data centres in Aragon. Read the full story here:
www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
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Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the worldâs driest areas and they are building more.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
9 months ago
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Luke Barratt
9 months ago
New from me: I've spent the last 6 months compiling a map of data centres, whose locations are generally secret, operated by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Cross-referencing that map with areas of water scarcity shows many are in the world's driest areas.
www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
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Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the worldâs driest areas and they are building more.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
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Joe Sandler Clarke
9 months ago
Revealed: Big techâs new datacentres will take water from the worldâs driest areas A really clever data story from
@source-material.org
and the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: Big techâs new datacentres will take water from the worldâs driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
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NEW: Big Techâs data centre push will take water from the worldâs driest areas, our investigation with the
@theguardian.com
has found. We saw examples from five continents of the strain data centres are putting on communities already short of water.
www.source-material.org/amazon-micro...
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Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the worldâs driest areas and they are building more.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
9 months ago
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The Carbon Offset Trap: BBC File on 4 has taken an in-depth look at the current state of carbon markets. Our reporter
@lukewbarratt.bsky.social
spoke to them about some of their findings.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, The Carbon Offset Trap
Max de Haldevang investigates problems with carbon offset projects.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029hmm
9 months ago
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Impact: Our investigation with File on 4 Investigates has led to action! The government is reviewing UK tyre exports to India after our report showed they end up in highly polluting pyrolysis plants, with officials "very keen" to investigate the claims.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Waste tyre review after BBC reveals millions sent to Indian furnaces
Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4grlpyje41o#comments
9 months ago
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18 months ago, we reported on a "blueprint for disaster"âa plan to bring controversial carbon offsets into the Paris Agreement. Now the first credits issued as part of this plan have been placed in one rating agency's lowest category.
calyxglobal.com/research-hub...
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Analyzing the first credits transitioning to the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Calyx Global carbon credit ratings, research and insights so you can learn about carbon credit quality.
https://calyxglobal.com/research-hub/research/analyzing-the-first-credits-transitioning-to-the-article-64-paris-agreement-crediting-mechanism/
9 months ago
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"The Environment Agency is undertaking an internal review of its approach to waste tyre shipments to India." Two days after our report with
@bbcradio4.bsky.social
on UK tyres being dangerously 'boiled' in India, the UK announces a review of the trade.
www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-p...
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Burning Rubber â SourceMaterial
Millions of used UK tyres are being shipped to India to make dirty fuel harming people and the environment
https://www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-pyrolysis-india-uk/
9 months ago
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Motorists are told that their old tyres are being recycled. Our latest investigation follows the secret trade in used tyres to India, where they are in fact broken down to make cheap home heating oil in polluting and dangerous plants.
www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-p...
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Burning Rubber â SourceMaterial
Millions of used UK tyres are being shipped to India to make dirty fuel harming people and the environment
https://www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-pyrolysis-india-uk/
9 months ago
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9 months ago
@fightingdirty.bsky.social
has launched legal action in a bid to âshut down the illegal trade in waste tyres that is poisoning Indiaâ This comes after
@source-material.org
and the BBC found that millions of tyres exported from the UK are being burned illegally
www.endsreport.com/article/1911...
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Legal action seeks to âclose loopholeâ allowing illegal trade of waste tyres
A campaign group has initiated legal proceedings against the UK government in a bid to âshut down the illegal trade in waste tyres that is poisoning Indiaâ after an investigation found that millions o...
https://www.endsreport.com/article/1911517/legal-action-seeks-close-loophole-allowing-illegal-trade-waste-tyres
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đ§”Twice a day, sirens sound in the shadow of Touk Meas Mountain in Kampot province, Cambodia. "We're often coughing," said Pheara, who lives nearby. Here, a cement kiln producing hazardous emissions is supposedly at the heart of the global fight against plastic pollution.
11 months ago
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We looked into plastic offsetting, which major plastic producers are touting as a way of solving the pollution crisis. Our analysis shows that most plastic credits are awarded for burning plastic.
11 months ago
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NEW: A cement kiln in Cambodia, burning plastic, is supposedly at the heart of the global fight against plastic pollution. Locals say they've been getting sick ever since it was built, as have their children.
www.source-material.org/plastic-cred...
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Burning plastic and emitting toxic gases central to âplastic offsettingâ
Plastic offsetting sectorâs preferred solution puts the climate and peopleâs health at risk, without curbing production.
https://www.source-material.org/plastic-credits-offsetting-burning-toxic-emissions-cambodia/
11 months ago
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JOB APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9 February. If you were thinking of applying to join us as a senior investigative journalist, you have until Sunday to send in your application!
www.cisionjobs.co.uk/job/111593/s...
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SourceMaterial, Senior Investigative Journalist - London (Central), London (Greater) job with SourceMaterial | 111593
SourceMaterial is looking for a senior investigative journalist.
https://www.cisionjobs.co.uk/job/111593/sourcematerial-senior-investigative-journalist/
11 months ago
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Seafarers dread working on the creaking, unsafe shadow fleet that ships Russian oil. Along with partners at
@ftm.nl
and SĂŒddeutsche Zeitung, we investigated the companies putting them there â and found some in troubling locations.
11 months ago
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Late last year, we reported that Dawn Meats, Europe's biggest supplier of lamb, could break emissions laws with its new incinerator in rural Ireland. Now, the Irish EPA has acted, amending the licence to make clear to the company the rules it must follow.
11 months ago
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: Whistleblowing = Impact Following investigations by
@source-material.org
&
@irishtimes.com
based on documents from
@climatewhistles.bsky.social
, Ireland's EPA has amended Dawn Meats' licence, slashing SO2 limits. SO2 would have threatened local residents' health. Speaking up matters.
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TotalEnergies wants to build a $20 billion gas plant in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province. With
@lemonde.fr
, we investigated what Total knew about allegations of wrongdoing by the troops it funded.
www.source-material.org/total-mozamb...
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Totalâs Mozambique gas project faces scrutiny over abuse claims
Governments are reviewing support $20 billion gas project after SourceMaterial revealed abuse allegations against troops defending Mozambique site
https://www.source-material.org/total-mozambique-human-rights-uk-us-netherlands/
11 months ago
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We're hiring! If you're an investigative journalist with a nose for a story and a taste for collaborative working, we'd love to hear from you.
www.cisionjobs.co.uk/job/111593/s...
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SourceMaterial, Senior Investigative Journalist - London (Central), London (Greater) job with SourceMaterial | 111593
SourceMaterial is looking for a senior investigative journalist.
https://www.cisionjobs.co.uk/job/111593/sourcematerial-senior-investigative-journalist/
12 months ago
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