Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | March 22, 2024 Scottish renewables jobs have jumped 70%, oil and gas jobs down over a third New Global Witness analysis released today shows Scotland’s renewable energy jobs soared 70% between 2015 and 2022, according to Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates. Press release | March 14, 2024 Shell CEO’s £8 million pay would take UK worker 227 years to earn New Global Witness analysis shows that Sawan’s pay packet would take an average UK worker 227 years to earn or could pay for 4,700 household energy bills in the UK. Press release | March 8, 2024 UK renewables jobs have increased 29% 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. In the same period, the UK’s oil and gas industry nearly 30% of its jobs, despite billions spent by oil and gas companies and a licensing blitz by the Conservative government. Press release | March 8, 2024 BP CEO’s £8 million paycheck would take an average UK worker 230 years to earn BP’s announcement that new CEO Murray Auchincloss netted £8 million ($10 million) in pay in 2023, including £6.5 ($8 million) in bonuses, highlights the sickening reality of our broken energy system. Press release | Feb. 19, 2024 US & European big oil profits top a quarter of a trillion dollars since the invasion of Ukraine US & European big oil profits top a quarter of a trillion dollars since the invasion of Ukraine Press release | Feb. 8, 2024 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 Press release | Feb. 6, 2024 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 mix Press release | Jan. 29, 2024 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 Europe Press release | Jan. 26, 2024 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 2050, using up over 60 percent of Earth’s remaining 1.5C carbon budget, new analysis shows. Press release | Jan. 19, 2024 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. Show Next 10
