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The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
People in Nigerian village
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
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Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels
The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels
Insights

Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights

New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater
A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater

Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development
  • Energy
  • Business
  • fossil fuels
  • low carbon development

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources

Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation

What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

5 Reasons Why It’s (Still) Important to Reduce Fugitive Methane Emissions

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
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Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • extractive industries
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • extractive industries
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4 Lessons on Environmental Sustainability that Every Corporation Should Learn

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business

New Data Reveals Rising Coal Use

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
Insights

Finding the Money: How Businesses Can Fund Environmental Sustainability Projects

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
Insights

4 Barriers to Overcome in Achieving Corporate Environmental Sustainability

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
Insights

Big Business and Sustainability: The Missing Links

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
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