by msurowiec | Feb 24, 2022 | Actions, Banks, Blog, Coal, News, Whitehaven Coal
Climate-wrecking coal company Whitehaven Coal received a $1 billion loan in February 2020 from a group of major banks, including European investment bank Credit Suisse. Late last year, Credit Suisse updated its policy on thermal coal mining, clearly excluding...
by Pablo Brait | Jul 2, 2021 | adani, Blog, Feature, News
2 July 2021 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) has announced in its latest Annual Report (page 129) that after setting up the haulage operation for the controversial Carmichael coal project under the Bowen Rail Company (BRC), it is transferring the...
by Pablo Brait | Jun 25, 2021 | adani, Blog, Feature, News
25 June 2021 Adani Group celebrates its undermining of the Paris Agreement on climate change, while three more investors reject its destructive activities. The hypocrisy of the Adani Group was on full display this week, and nowhere was it more stark than big boss...
by msurowiec | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs, Whitehaven Coal
23 June 2021 Thanks to an enormous backlash from students, staff, alumni, donors and the NTEU, former Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of Whitehaven Coal Mark Vaile decided to walk away from his appointment as the next chancellor of Newcastle University [1]. Vaile’s...
by msurowiec | May 28, 2021 | Blog, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs, Whitehaven Coal
28 May 2021 In a landmark judgment yesterday about Whitehaven’s proposed Vickery coal mine, Australia’s Federal Court decided that the national environment minister has a duty of care not to cause harm to young people from climate change. According to Ava Princi, one...
