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The U.S. response to COVID-19 has enabled an insidious pattern of fossil fuel companies receiving government handouts, despite struggling long before the pandemic.
Global Witness condemns US Congress' proposal to absolve companies from liability for COVID related illness and deaths.
Yesterday’s US House Judiciary hearing into the dominance of the four most powerful tech companies in the world came at a pivotal moment. Never before have we seen such huge power of ‘Big Tech’, in terms of their reach, wealth and market dominance
Despite Chevron’s public comments in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Global Witness finds that Chevron gives over four times more campaign funding to US politicians who fail to uphold racial justice and civil rights legislation.
As the world begins to open its eyes to the depth and scale of racial injustice crisis in the US, we as an organisation need to recognise our role
We stand in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and endorse the following demands and the M4BL week of action.
If you’ve ever wondered what a bailout for fossil fuels would look like in the middle of a global pandemic – with no real commitment to protect workers – then we need to talk about Occidental Petroleum
We are calling on Congress to include integral anti-corruption legislation in any future coronavirus response packages to prevent corrupt actors from exploiting essential relief efforts during this global pandemic.
Today, experts on money laundering and financial investigations, including two Global Witness staff, filed an amicus brief in support of Congress’ authority to subpoena Donald Trump’s financial documents from Deutsche Bank and Capital One.
