In split decision, US apex court rejects Steven Donziger’s review plea despite irregularities
Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger is widely known for representing thousands of Ecuadorian villagers in a multi-billion corporate pollution lawsuit against Chevron
South African court halts Shell’s oil exploration, seismic blasting and other stories
Today we look at an interdict order against Shell’s seismic surveys in South Africa, the months-long hunger strike by Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash, and more
How a US lawyer’s attempt to make Chevron pay for pollution landed him a jail sentence
Lawyer Steven Donziger was sentenced to jail by a federal judge despite a UN working group having found his detention to be in violation of international law
How ExxonMobil uses divide and rule to get its way in South America
Vijay Prashad explores what is behind the fueling the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela: oil and imperialism
Canadian federal police restrict access to Wet’suwet’en Indigenous land
The move is the latest repressive measure in order to push forward the construction of the Coastal GasLink oil pipeline and silence Indigenous opposition
