Honduras’s coup-era government opened the floodgates for predatory energy projects. Now that Hondurans are fighting back, the companies are trying to take them to arbitration.
Short answer: it’s necessary but not sufficient.
The Trump administration will not be Green-friendly. But communities can still build energy and environment alternatives from the bottom up.
The deals are lose-lose for the planet and the people.
Increasingly, authoritarianism isn’t a feature of overtly authoritarian governments alone.
A draft action plan would perpetuate an international investment regime that grants corporations excessive power to undermine public interest regulations.
Western governments need to enforce strong regulation that ensures responsible mining and holds accountable all companies involved in extracting and sourcing minerals.
Countless Americans were poisoned by the nuclear arms race — and their federal compensation just expired. That’s an outrage.
The two countries are building trade and energy links before the next big climate confab in Baku.
The call is coming from inside…your computer!