May 27, 2020 The company’s biggest play outside the US Permian Basin presents significant climate risks As ExxonMobil holds its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) calls on the company to stop flaring gas offshore in Guyana, the site of its biggest oil development outside the U.S. Permian … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2019 Boston — Today, Massachusetts became the second state to sue ExxonMobil for misleading investors about climate change and the first to sue ExxonMobil for deceiving consumers. The lawsuit, filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, claims that the company knowingly deceived investors and consumers about the risks of climate … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2019 Today, the US Supreme Court rejected ExxonMobil’s appeal to block Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s probe into what Exxon knew about the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change. The court holds that Healey has the jurisdiction to seek records and move forward with the investigation. In response, CIEL President … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2018 Today, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for defrauding shareholders by downplaying the expected risk of climate change to its business. CIEL President Carroll Muffett issued the following statement: Today’s announcement that the state of New York has filed suit against ExxonMobil for misleading … Read More.
April 13, 2018 On Friday, Massachusetts’ top court rejected ExxonMobil’s effort to block Massachusetts State Attorney General Maura Healey from obtaining records to investigate whether the company concealed its knowledge of the role of fossil fuels in climate change. Carroll Muffett, President of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), released the following statement: Exxon’s … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2018 On Thursday, a federal judge dismissed a case by Exxon Mobil against the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and New York, who are investigating whether the company misled investors and the public on climate change and the dangers of its products. CIEL President Carroll Muffett, one of several lawyers, investigators, … Read More.
In what has become the go-to intimidation tactic for Exxon and its allies, Exxon has announced that it is launching yet another baseless, vexatious discovery process designed to prove that every city, state, journalist, and nonprofit that investigates the company is part of a massive conspiracy to suppress its constitutional rights. Exxon’s latest targets (and … Read More.
October 31, 2017 Yesterday, the Department of Justice and ExxonMobil announced that the two parties reached a settlement for ExxonMobil’s continuous and longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emissions standards. ExxonMobil had been violating these standards at eight plastics and petrochemicals plants across Texas and Louisiana, in some cases as far back as a decade … Read More.
Exxon may be perpetrating an ongoing fraud on the public. Over the last two years, reporting by the Los Angeles Times, the Center for International Environmental Law and others has exposed that Exxon and other oil companies have known about climate change and its potentially catastrophic impacts for at least 60 years. Instead of sounding … Read More.
May 31, 2017 Today, ExxonMobil shareholders voted 62% to approve a climate resolution in defiance of the company’s management. It requires Exxon to begin reporting climate-related risks to its business. Lisa Anne Hamilton, CIEL Climate & Energy Program Director, released the following statement: Today’s shareholder victory demonstrates that while ExxonMobil management may try to evade … Read More.
April 19, 2017 On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that ExxonMobil has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury seeking a waiver from US sanctions against the regime of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The sanctions were imposed in response to Putin’s invasion of Eastern Ukraine in violation of international law, and expanded after Russia … Read More.
Exxon’s efforts to avoid accountability and the company’s campaign of intimidation against CIEL and partners just hit a huge roadblock… In 2015, the New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General opened investigations into whether ExxonMobil misled consumers, investors, and the public about the science linking the burning of their products to climate change. In an effort … Read More.
On Wednesday, a New York court will hold a hearing on new information that ExxonMobil failed to disclose relevant documents in response to an ongoing investigation by the New York Attorney General into whether the company misled investors and the public about the risks of climate change. In response to revelations that ExxonMobil CEO, now … Read More.
–LIVE UPDATES– Washington, DC — Today, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is testifying before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about his nomination for Secretary of State. Tillerson’s nomination has been widely criticized for his severe and pervasive conflicts of interests, lack of governmental experience, close ties to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2016 On Saturday, December 10, Reuters reported that Donald Trump will nominated Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as the next Secretary of State. CIEL President Carroll Muffett issued the following statement: The nomination of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State is unconscionable, irresponsible and potentially catastrophic. But we cannot view it … Read More.
Two years ago, the early entry into force of the Paris Climate Agreement would have been unthinkable. Today, it is part of a new normal. The world is moving to make its vision of a safer climate a reality, and CIEL is a leader in this fight. But the challenges we face are larger than … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 20, 2016 Today, the SEC announced an investigation into ExxonMobil’s climate change exposure and accounting practices. Statement of CIEL President Carroll Muffett: Add this to the long list of questions that ExxonMobil needs to answer – to investors, to regulators, and to humanity. For those investors still waiting for proof that … Read More.
March 3, 2016 Late Wednesday, Inside Climate News revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice has referred to the FBI’s criminal division a request by two congressmen for a federal probe into ExxonMobil’s funding of climate denial. RL Miller, cofounder of Climate Hawks Vote, said: “Thanks to Rep. Ted Lieu and his determination, the FBI is finally … Read More.
For Immediate Release: January 26, 2016 In a new report released yesterday, ExxonMobil makes “predictions” about the global energy landscape in the next 25 years. Unsurprisingly, they predict that oil and gas will continue to dominate the energy market through 2040 and that oil use will actually grow by 25% during that time, ignoring both … Read More.
December 9, 2023 DUBAI—A new analysis conducted by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) uncovered the presence of at least 475 lobbyists at COP28 specializing in Carbon Capture (Utilization) and Storage (CC(U)S) projects. This analysis comes three days after the Kick Big Polluters Out Coalition reported a record 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists gaining access … Read More.
PRI accountability mechanism fails, enables greenwashing by trillion dollar pension fund December 13th, 2022 New York (US) – The Board of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) confirmed its decision to dismiss a complaint filed against the $1.2 trillion pension fund Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association (TIAA) by nearly 800 TIAA clients—faculty from a wide … Read More.
October 19, 2022 New York, NY — Nearly 300 clients of the $1.2 trillion retirement giant TIAA filed a formal complaint today with the UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, alleging TIAA’s substantial investments in fossil fuels and deforestation violate TIAA’s climate pledges and commitment to the six Principles for Responsible Investment. TIAA participants, … Read More.
Today, California State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into the role ExxonMobil and other plastics and petrochemical companies have played in the mounting plastics crisis, including evidence that the industry intentionally misled consumers and the public about plastics recycling. Carroll Muffett, President of the Center for International Environmental Law, issued the following statement: … Read More.
Climate litigation has taken on even greater importance after the failure of COP26 to deliver the action and resources required to accelerate the energy transition and remedy mounting climate harms. As progress in international negotiating rooms stalls, litigation in national and regional courtrooms plays an ever more critical role in efforts to compel urgently needed … Read More.
August 2, 2021 Washington, DC — Following the introduction of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Carroll Muffett, President and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) issued the following statement: “The Infrastructure bill offers minimal support to accelerate the renewable energy transition while squandering tens of billions on carbon capture, fossil hydrogen, … Read More.
Dutch Court Rules that Shell Must Cut Direct and Indirect Emissions 45% by 2030 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2021 Washington, DC — Today’s historic ruling in the Netherlands sends a clear signal to the oil and gas industry: continuing business-as-usual production of fossil fuels amidst the climate emergency is fundamentally incompatible with corporate duties to … Read More.
Washington, DC — Today, Guyanese citizens filed the first constitutional climate case in the Caribbean to challenge fossil fuel production on the grounds that it exacerbates global warming and threatens human rights. The case, before Guyana’s Constitutional Court, claims that Guyana’s approval of a massive, ExxonMobil-led oil and gas buildout off the country’s coast violates … Read More.
This year has been marked by profound challenges, from the intensification of the climate crisis, to a global pandemic, to police violence that has spurred global movements for racial justice. It has placed into stark relief that the greatest challenges facing people and the planet are deeply interconnected. 2020 has also demonstrated the importance of … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 10, 2020 Washington, DC–The United Nations Human Rights Committee is taking further steps to review Guyana’s human rights obligations. Following the Committee’s July meeting, they are now requesting that Guyana respond to questions about how the nation’s recent expansion into offshore oil production will impact human rights. The Committee specifically … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 Washington, DC—Amidst the ongoing pandemic crisis, the oil majors are racking up debt and selling off assets, in moves that aim to project stability but instead reveal the industry’s increasing fragility. A new brief released today by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) highlights the latest signals that … Read More.
Oil, gas, and petrochemical companies are selling off assets at massively discounted prices, slashing dividend payouts for shareholders, and racking up debt to preserve a facade of stability. Even the petrochemical sector — hailed by industry leaders as a panacea for future growth — has been exposed for its unviable economic prospects. Debt-Driven Dividends & … Read More.
Geneva, Switzerland–Facing a mounting democratic crisis and a looming environmental crisis due to offshore oil development, Guyana will report on its human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which convenes this week in Geneva. The Justice Institute Guyana and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) are urging the Committee to join … Read More.
“If we can stop the flow of money, we can stop the flow of oil.” In January, a coalition of environmental, youth, and Indigenous groups, including the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Greenpeace, and the Sierra Club, formed a new, people-powered movement called Stop the Money Pipeline. Our mission: to cut off the cash … Read More.
Last October, over 35 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from around the world met in Geneva to discuss their role in preventing business-related human rights violations and in facilitating access to justice and remedy for victims of such violations. If I were to list every case where corporations have caused environmental harm and human rights … Read More.
Over 100 organizations release statement in solidarity with the people of Guyana, demanding respect for rule of law and prevention of further violence FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2020 Georgetown — More than 100 environmental and human rights organizations and eminent persons from around the world issued an urgent statement today expressing solidarity with the … Read More.
Following the discovery of oil off the coast of Guyana, fossil fuel industry giants rushed to sign a contract with the government. The resulting “deal” is shockingly unjust and devastatingly reckless. Fossil fuels have profoundly impacted the world in which we live today. Their proponents insist that without them, we cannot continue to enjoy the … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2020 Yesterday, a Guyanese court issued a ruling in a judicial review action brought against the government and three companies — Esso (Exxon), Hess, and CNOOC Nexen — for failing to comply with the Environmental Protection Act. “Ironically, this ruling comes just as a new study shows the Deepwater Horizon disaster … Read More.
The world has changed profoundly in the last thirty years. Time and again, CIEL has helped to shape that change — from helping to link human rights and the environment in law, to making the World Bank accountable to the communities affected by its projects, to creating and strengthening treaties to address a diverse array … Read More.
The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms our oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. At current levels, greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic lifecycle threaten the ability of the global community to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. With the petrochemical and plastic industries planning a massive expansion in production, … Read More.
49 detailed infographics over 19 chapters cover many aspects of plastic production, consumption, and disposal. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2019 (Originally posted at Heinrich Böll Stiftung: https://www.boell.de/en/2019/10/31/plastic-atlas-demonstrates-scale-plastic-pollution-crisis-and-solutions-zero-waste) Brussels/Manila/Washington, DC — Today, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Break Free From Plastic movement have published the international English edition of the Plastic Atlas, holding launch … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2019 Geneva – Yesterday, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) raised concerns about the impacts on women and girls of Guyana’s policies on offshore oil and gas extraction and recommended the State review its climate change and energy policies to mitigate those risks. Guyana, a country … Read More.
Study Recommends Solutions, Including Phasing Out Single-Use Plastics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — In 2019 alone, the production and incineration of plastic will add more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere—equal to the pollution from 189 new 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants, according to a new report, … Read More.
On February 13, the Center for International Environmental Law launched a major new report examining the repeated and ongoing instances in which fossil fuel companies played a disproportionate role in promotion of carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide removal strategies, and other geoengineering techniques. As we expected it to do, the report sparked excitement among … Read More.
Around the world, threats against those who speak out to defend their environment and human rights are growing. In 2018, 321 human rights defenders were killed — a rate of six people every week. Environmental and human rights activists are also criminalized and face trumped-up criminal charges, defamation, and arbitrary detentions. And corporations are diversifying their … Read More.
A sample, not comprehensive, list of media coverage tracking CIEL in the news in recent months. Read recent releases and statements. Los Angeles Times. Editorial: Plastic trash is not just litter. It’s a climate change problem, too. The Times Editorial Board. January 3, 2021. Keywords: Plastic, Climate Change, Plastic Pollution, Petrochemicals, Fossil Fuels, Plastic Waste, … Read More.
As the global transition to a low-carbon economy continued to accelerate, the impacts and responses to climate change dominated the news in 2018. The billions of dollars in property damages, lost businesses, and declines in state and local tax revenue in the US continues to reinforce concerns about the urgency of the climate crisis and … Read More.
Environmental Groups Oppose this Deal, Given Failure to Meet Basic Criteria FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2018 As leading environmental organizations, we have repeatedly named essential environmental criteria for rewriting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to end NAFTA’s harm to communities across North America. In May 2018, when it became clear the closed-door … Read More.
July 20, 2018 Today, the city of Baltimore filed a climate lawsuit in state court against 26 fossil fuel companies, including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, for damages caused by climate change. Baltimore is facing increasing costs of adapting to climate change, as rising sea levels, flooding, and more frequent and severe storms threaten … Read More.
July 19, 2018 Today a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by New York City against five major fossil fuel companies for the costs of climate impacts, less than a month after a federal judge dismissed climate lawsuits brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, California. In his decision, Judge Keenan ruled that … Read More.
In yet another frontier of the expanding struggle for climate justice, Rhode Island is the first US state to sue fossil fuel companies for the impacts of climate change. Climate change — with its rising sea levels and more frequent and severe natural disasters, like 2012’s Superstorm Sandy — is already impacting and extensively damaging … Read More.
June 25, 2018 Today, a federal judge dismissed lawsuits by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against five major carbon producers for the costs of sea level rise caused by climate change. The judge granted a motion by the companies to dismiss the suit, claiming that climate change was an urgent issue but, because … Read More.
A new frontier opened today in the struggle for climate justice as EarthRights International (ERI) brings the fight for climate accountability from the coasts to the mountains. In a new case filed in Colorado District Court, Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder filed suit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy demanding that the … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2018 Washington, DC – CIEL’s analysis of a massive new trove of Shell internal documents unearthed by Dutch journalist Jelmer Mommers shows the global oil giant understood and acted on climate science while publicly sowing doubt as to its validity and fighting its regulation. The analysis, A Crack in the … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2018 CIEL President Carroll Muffett released the following statement: “In the past 14 months, Rex Tillerson and the Trump Administration have done incalculable damage to the US State Department and to the United States’ standing with partners around the world. They have moved US foreign policy dramatically backward on an … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2018 Today New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer announced that the city is suing five major fossil fuel companies for their contribution to climate change, and that by 2022 the city’s pension funds will divest from fossil fuels. New York City is suing ExxonMobil, Chevron, … Read More.
On December 12, 2017, hundreds of investors, governments, and civil society representatives joined French President Emmanuel Macron at the One Planet Summit to mark the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement. President Macron—joined by UN Secretary General António Guterres, Work Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, and others—encouraged public and private financial institutions to accelerate … Read More.
Smoke and Fumes: The Legal and Evidentiary Basis for Holding Big Oil Accountable FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2017 BONN – A new report released today by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) synthesizes years of research exposing what the oil industry and other major fossil fuel producers knew about climate change, when they … Read More.
Massive Petrochemical Investments Could Lock In Flood of New Plastics for Decades FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2017 Washington, DC – The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) today launched an ongoing investigative series, Fueling Plastics, examining the deep linkages between the fossil fuels and plastics industries and the products they produce, and exposing how … Read More.
September 20, 2017 Today, the cities of San Francisco and Oakland filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against five major carbon producers – BP, Chevron, ConocoPhilips, Exxon, and Shell – seeking a court order requiring the defendants to abate the costs of sea level rise that the cities must incur due to climate change. Carroll Muffett, President … Read More.
September has offered a sobering glimpse of the growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather patterns and their horrifying impacts. Record breaking heat, storms, and floods are being described with a growing collection of superlatives: hottest, wettest, most, and worst. As research scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains, as the world warms, more rapid evaporation increases the … Read More.
On August 7, 2017 two shareholders of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) filed suit in the Federal Court of Australia alleging that by failing to include a discussion about climate risk in the Bank’s 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, the Bank had not given “a true and fair view of the financial position and … Read More.
The Saudi government, in an effort to modernize and diversify the economy of Saudi Arabia, is planning to bring Saudi Aramco – an oil company with exclusive rights to Saudi Arabia’s vast oil and gas reserves – public with an IPO. This decision has raised eyebrows, as most observers expect that Aramco’s IPO, even with … Read More.
This week, three California municipalities – San Mateo County, Marin County, and Imperial Beach – filed complaints against thirty-seven fossil fuel companies, seeking damages for the impacts of climate change. The plaintiffs argue that sea level rise has already done damage and cost money to study and prepare for. These costs will only grow as … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2017 ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is unqualified and unfit to serve as the United States’ Secretary of State. In voting today to confirm his nomination, the Senate failed the dedicated employees of the State Department, it failed the people of the United States, and it failed our allies around the … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2017 Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to recommend the nomination of former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State, sending the nomination to a full floor vote. Today’s vote marks the first time since Henry Kissinger that a Secretary of State nominee has failed to pass through committee with strong, … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2017 This morning, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will convene a hearing on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA is tasked with the enormous and vital responsibility of protecting human health and human … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2016 Today, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson will appear before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about his nomination for Secretary of State. Tillerson’s nomination has been widely criticized for his severe and pervasive conflicts of interests, lack of governmental experience, close ties to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, … Read More.
September 14, 2016 Chairman Lamar Smith of the US House of Representatives Science Committee will hold a hearing today in a misguided effort to assert subpoena authority over two State Attorneys General and eight non-governmental organizations involved in the ongoing investigations into the role of Exxon and other oil companies in climate deception campaigns. As … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2016 New Documents Reveal Denial Playbook Originated with Big Oil, Not Big Tobacco Industry documents show common playbook is decades older than previously recognized Washington, DC – New research by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) not only confirms that the tobacco and fossil fuel industries used a … Read More.
For Immediate Release: July 13, 2016 Today, Representative Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology announced that he has issued subpoenas against 2 State Attorneys General and 8 non-governmental organizations involved in the ongoing and vital investigations into the role of Exxon and other oil companies in climate deception campaigns. … Read More.
For Immediate Release: June 6, 2016 Today, InsideClimate News released the latest in a series of investigative reports that build on documents from CIEL’s ongoing Smoke And Fumes research into the deep history of oil industry and climate change. The ICN investigation highlights how the oil industry’s early efforts to oppose air pollution regulations beginning … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 Washington, DC – Today, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) launched a searchable database of more than 100 documents that brings to light new information on how the oil industry responded – and failed to respond – in the face of climate change. “We now know that the oil … Read More.
On Tuesday, May 3rd, CIEL President Carroll Muffett testified before the California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Senate Bill 1161. SB 1161 (also known as the “California Climate Science Truth and Accountability Act of 2016”) is at once a common-sense measure and a potential landmark in efforts to ensure climate accountability before the courts. … Read More.
The document trove which we call “Smoke And Fumes” actually began under a different name. Internally, the project was referred to as “What They Knew” for most of its life. This reflected the fact that the research was not about finding the needle in the haystack, or one specific smoking gun, but about exploring the … Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2016 Media Contact: Carroll Muffett, President: cmuffett@ciel.org, 202.742.5772 Amanda Kistler, Communications Manager: akistler@ciel.org, 202.742.5832 New Documents Reveal Oil Industry Knew of Climate Risks Decades Earlier Than Suspected; Suggest Coordinated Efforts to Foster Skepticism Washington, DC – Hundreds of documents uncovered by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) push back … Read More.
For Immediate Release: March 29, 2016 Carroll Muffett, CIEL President, statement on US Attorneys General Press Conference on Climate Action Coalition and Investigations into Fossil Fuel Companies: “Today’s announcement demonstrates that rising public concerns over climate deception are well-founded. It also highlights the gravity of the situation facing Exxon and other companies that spent … Read More.
Your energy and advocacy sparked a global momentum shift over the past year, and we are on the cusp of true, transformative change. On all fronts, you have defended your right to a healthy planet. With your support, you help CIEL… Advance Climate Justice For three years, we’ve highlighted the growing legal and financial risks … Read More.
CIEL President & CEO Carroll Muffett: “Today, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, joining millions of people across the country and around the world who have long since recognized that massive investments in fossil fuels are, and must be, a thing of the past. It is those millions who have won this victory for … Read More.
Reprinted with permission from the Business and Human Rights Resource Center. This summer, we celebrated a big win for the climate. In a lawsuit brought by Urgenda and nearly 900 co-plaintiffs against the Dutch government (Urgenda Foundation et al. v. The Netherlands), the District Court of The Hague found that the government “acted negligently” when … Read More.
Matthew Pawa After many years of practicing law on his own, Matt decided to merge his law firm with the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. He is co-leading Hagen Berman’s environmental practice group with the managing partner of that law firm. Attorney Matthew was a general practice litigator who has represented governments, … Read More.
Advocates from around the world implored the World Bank use caution around its investment in the Chad/Cameroon Pipeline Project when reports surfaced of state-sponsored military violence in Chad. Rebellions led by Chad’s former Defense Minister Youssouf Togoimi began to spread throughout the country. Beginning in the north, they eventually trickled into the area projected to … Read More.
We are pleased to announce that Delphine Djiraïbé will be speaking at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 2:00pm-4:00pm along with Barney Frank (former member of Congress), Arvind Ganesan (Human Rights Watch), Nadejda Ataeva (Association for Human Rights in Central Asia), and Yoni Rivas (Movement of Unified Campesinos … Read More.
July 30, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline today asked Secretary John Kerry to throw out the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed tar sands pipeline because consultants in charge of the review lied about conflicts of interests, including working for TransCanada, the company behind the planned pipeline from Alberta … Read More.
April 23, 2013 Today, a group of influential scientists called for swift action by the UN system to prevent harm from a wide variety of synthetic chemicals in consumer products and pesticides that play a role in increased incidences of reproductive diseases, cancer, obesity, and type-2 diabetes worldwide. The scientists include authors of a recent … Read More.
The past thirty days have given those who follow developments in innovation policy quite a bit of material. First, on March 29th, a US district court (SDNY) held that neither isolated genes nor methods of analyzing or comparing genes were patentable subject matter in Association for Molecular Pathology v. US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). … Read More.
February 22, 2001 The World Bank Group’s announcement that it has appointed a special committee to oversee the controversial Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline project was met today with a lukewarm response from international environment and human rights groups, who expressed concern over potentially harmful loopholes and omissions in the committee’s charter. The Bank-appointed International Advisory … Read More.
For Immediate Release May 30, 2000 As the June 6 decision by the World Bank draws near on whether to fund a controversial oil extraction and pipeline project in Chad and Cameroon, an escalating civil war in Chad is threatening to turn deadly for citizens who oppose the project. The threats come as the current … Read More.