Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would bar some international companies from receiving U.S. government contracts if they continued to do business with Sudan. The bill is an attempt to put pressure on Sudan to do more to end the genocide in Darfur. Rep.
Barbara Lee told reporters: “This bill is designed to wash the blood […]

A new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) draws attention to the fact that rich countries are increasingly using aid money to advance their energy interests in Africa.

Oil Change International released a report today at the World Bank Annual Meetings in Singapore calling on the World Bank to stop using aid money to subsidize the expansion of the international oil industry - what we call “End Oil Aid”. Read the Reuters story here.

Hello from the International People’s Forum on the IMF and World Bank (IPF) on the island of Batam, Indonesia! Batam is a short ferry ride from Singapore, where the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are in the process of holding their Annual General Meeting. The IPF has brought together hundreds of social and […]

Loyal to Big Oil is a new consortium of oil barons, energy-company CEOs, giddy traders on the energy futures market and the faithful representatives in Congress who deliver the subsidies and tax breaks we love at the expense of consumers and taxpayers who can’t afford lobbyists of their own.