Lucas Amin and Ben Webster Exclusive: US inquiry unearths pro-gas PR strategy produced by firm ‘at core of global climate effort’ The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by US lawmakers of helping BP “greenwash” its fossil fuel investments, openDemocracy can reveal. Internal BP documents released to the US House of… Continue reading Secret files reveal how UN climate advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP
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California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover
Samantha Young California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company with expertise in pharmacy benefits and mental health. But Magellan was then gobbled up by industry giant Centene Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the… Continue reading California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover
Cover-up: Brazilian government plot to open up uncontacted tribe’s territory revealed
An extraordinary plot to open up an uncontacted tribe’s territory for exploitation, and suppress evidence of the tribe’s existence, has been revealed in Brazil. The cover-up involves top officials in FUNAI, the government Indigenous Affairs Agency, who have been hand-picked by President Bolsonaro. It can now be revealed that they have: – arranged a secret meeting… Continue reading Cover-up: Brazilian government plot to open up uncontacted tribe’s territory revealed
12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year
Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett The yearlong series of investigative reports found that many of these deaths could have been prevented. Widespread shortages of masks and other personal protective gear, a lack of covid testing, weak contact tracing, inconsistent mask guidance by politicians, missteps by employers and lax enforcement of workplace safety rules by government… Continue reading 12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year
Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds
Fred Schulte At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles that prosecutors alleged often harmed or endangered elderly and infirm patients while fleecing taxpayers. “These aren’t just technical financial crimes. These were major, major crimes,” said Louis Saccoccio, chief executive officer of the National Health Care… Continue reading Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds
Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses
This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government supported WWF and WCS’s call to declare 30% of the Earth as Protected Areas by 2030. The revelations in the leaked report demonstrate how dangerous this would be. The US government has halted more than $12 million of funding to WWF, the Wildlife… Continue reading Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses
UK’s Charity Commission launches investigation into WWF
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed, released March 4, 2019, exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Britain’s charity regulator has launched an official investigation into WWF, in a major blow to the embattled organization. The inquiry follows an explosive report by Buzzfeed News that revealed that WWF funds, equips,… Continue reading UK’s Charity Commission launches investigation into WWF
Philippines initiates world’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change
Companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Suncor and Repsol, are being asked to explain their role in making climate change worse. The world’s first ever national inquiry into the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry for the human rights impacts resulting from climate change hits an important milestone in the Philippines on 11 December… Continue reading Philippines initiates world’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change
Alleged Scheme To Fix Generic Drug Prices in US Started At Dinners And ‘Girls Nights Out’
Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia and Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio The high prices Americans pay for generic drugs may have been cooked up by pharmaceutical salespeople on golf courses, at a New Jersey steakhouse or over martinis at a “Girls Nights Out” in Minnesota. Details emerging from an ongoing investigation show that drug company… Continue reading Alleged Scheme To Fix Generic Drug Prices in US Started At Dinners And ‘Girls Nights Out’
Rubber company expelled from Forest Stewardship Council
Rubber giant expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) due to illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. In November 2014, Global Witness, that works on corruption in natural resource management complained to the FSC about illegal activities of Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG). FSC found that the state-owned company had illegally destroyed at least… Continue reading Rubber company expelled from Forest Stewardship Council
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