environment


Canada’s mining firms are big beneficiaries of the global order its prime minister just criticized
As Mark Carney urges value-based leadership, critics point to trade rules championed by Canada that undermine those ideals.
Shell files new arbitration against the Netherlands over Groningen gas field closure
Shell is suing the Netherlands in yet another attempt to evade its responsibility for decades of gas extraction in Groningen.
After years of progress, Indonesia risks ‘tragedy’ of a deforestation spike
Indonesia is facing a deforestation crisis that threatens its global environmental achievements, as the rate of forest loss surged again in 2025—reaching the highest level since 2019. Major projects like the Merauke Food Estate, which plans to clear 2 million hectares of forest in South Papua, are at the center of concerns.
Report: US-Indonesia minerals deal threatens sovereignty, labor rights, and the environment
A new report released by Public Citizen and Indonesian environmental organization Satya Bumi exposes how the Trump administration has used the threat of sweeping tariffs to force Indonesia to accept an “agreement” that threatens to dismantle its hard-won progress toward reclaiming control of its mineral wealth — while allowing labor abuses, environmental destruction, and corporate impunity to continue.
Trump’s US-Malaysia deal: cementing extractivist colonialism
The recently unveiled US-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade—signed by Donald Trump on October 26, 2025—is not just a trade pact; it’s a high-stakes, asymmetrical deal that prioritizes US strategic interests over Malaysia’s industrial sovereignty.
Latest twist in Chevron’s Amazon pollution saga: Ecuador ordered to pay the oil company $220 million
Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, those victims’ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001. celebre su derrota.
Critical minerals trade agreements put profits over human rights and the environment, warn 35+ organizations
Public Citizen joins 35 civil society, environmental, faith, and human rights organizations today in calling on the Trump administration to halt any ongoing negotiations on critical minerals agreements.
EU pushes Mercosur Trade Pact as raw-materials ethics loom large
As the EU accelerates its plan to sign its long-delayed trade agreement with South American economic bloc Mercosur, the pact’s role in securing raw materials is drawing criticism.
Kingsgate announces settlement of dispute with Thai government, ending ‘Akara Gold Mine’ case
Kingsgate ends 8-year dispute with the Thai government over Akara Gold Mine. Arbitration process now concluding, with future business operations in Thailand in focus.
COP30 shows why dismantling ISDS is essential for real climate action
COP30 showed once again that climate policy cannot succeed while outdated investment treaties give corporations the power to punish ambition.