Press Releases
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BP CEO’s £8 million paycheck would take an average UK worker 230 years to earn BP’s CEO Murray Auchincloss netted £8 million ($10 million) in pay in 2023, including £6.5 ($8 million) in bonuses in 202308 March 2024
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UK renewables jobs have increased 32% since 2015, oil jobs dropped 28% Office of National Statistics (ONS) data released today reveals that the UK now has nearly 30% more jobs in the renewable energy industry than it did in 2015.08 March 2024
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Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon Brazil’s three largest meat companies have been linked to the destruction of an area of forest in Mato Grosso state bigger than Chicago, with the forest lost in the state’s Cerrado savannah nearly five times higher than in the Amazon21 February 2024
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US & European big oil profits top a quarter of a trillion dollars since the invasion of Ukraine European and US oil and gas majors have made profits of more than a quarter of a trillion dollars since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a new analysis by Global Witness marking two years since the conflict began.19 February 2024
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Labour £28 billion green pledge U-turn a let down in fight against the climate crisis The UK Labour Party scrapping its policy of spending £28 billion a year on green investments is a disappointing sign of what can be expected from a future Labour Government.08 February 2024
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Lack of oil and gas phase-out in EU’s climate targets “like a bike without pedals” The text indicates a continued role for oil and gas in the EU’s 2040 energy mix06 February 2024
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YouTube and Indian social media platform Koo enable misogynistic hate speech, violating platform policies New investigation into hateful content in the US and India reveals ineffective reporting processes.01 February 2024
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European demand driving $1 trillion spending on gas production worldwide this decade $223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe29 January 2024
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Oil and gas companies in the ‘Decarbonisation Pact’ plan to torch 60% of remaining carbon budget Oil and gas producers who signed up to a decarbonisation pact at the COP28 summit last month are set to collectively emit more than 150 billion tonnes of CO2 from their products by 205026 January 2024
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UK’s North Sea fossil fuel exports have soared despite licencing bonanza Global Witness analysis reveals that despite a two-decade sale of nearly 1,700 new oil and gas licenses, the UK’s energy security has only worsened as exports have ballooned and oil production plummeted.19 January 2024
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Kirsty Lang appointed as new Chair of Global Witness Board We are delighted to announce the appointment of journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang as the new Chair of the Global Witness Board.18 January 2024
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COP29 host country priming the pumps for a huge hike in gas production Azerbaijan, host of next year’s COP climate summit, is set to boost its gas production by a third over the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4 billion on the country’s gas fields, according to new analysis.08 January 2024
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Bad Case of Déjà Vu as Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan There’s a sense of déjà vu setting in – we now have a former oil executive from an authoritarian petrostate in charge of the world’s response to the crisis that fossil fuel firms created05 January 2024
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UK urgently needs new law to stop financial sector bankrolling deforestation and rights abuses, say MPs The UK government must urgently introduce a new law to prevent the country’s financial sector from funding deforestation and human rights abuses overseas, according to a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)04 January 2024