February 14, 2017

Transparency coalition denounces Trump signing of ‘Kleptocrat Relief Act’

Download this press release as a pdf For Immediate Release: February 14, 2017 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – [email protected] M: 703-795-8542 O: 202-496-1189 Transparency coalition denounces Trump signing of ‘ Kleptocrat Relief Act’Resolution voids groundbreaking anti-corruption regulation Publish What You Pay – United States Director, Jana Morgan’s, statement in response to President Trump’s signing of a Congressional Review Act resolution…

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February 3, 2017

Senate Republicans Urge SEC to Align U.S. Transparency Efforts With Global Standard – February 3, 2017

Download this statement as a pdf For Immediate Release: February 3, 2017 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – [email protected] Mobile: 703-795-8542 Senate Republicans Urge SEC to Align U.S. Transparency Efforts With Existing Global Standard Transparency Coalition Responds On February 2, Senators Corker, Collins, Rubio, Isakson, Graham and Young sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alerting the agency…

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February 3, 2017

Gutless Congress Votes Yes To Corruption – February 3, 2017

Download this press release as a pdf For Immediate Release: February 3, 2017 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – [email protected] Mobile 703-795-8542 Gutless Congress Votes Yes To Corruption Congress Repeals Transparency Rule by Passing “Kleptocratic Relief Act” Washington, D.C. – Today Congress passed a resolution that voids a critical anti-corruption rule for oil, gas and mining companies. The 40 member Publish…

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February 2, 2017

A gift for Putin, courtesy of Congress

With unresolved questions lingering about Russia’s interference in one of this country’s most hallowed democratic traditions, our election, it is peculiar that one of the apparent priorities of the new Congress is to hand Russian president Vladmir Putin a rather valuable gift. Only one month on the job the House has rushed to kill a regulation intended to make it…

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February 1, 2017

Global Witness – Minerals and Conflict Fact Sheet

Mining in fragile states increases the likelihood of violent insurgencies and increases their duration and intensity. Poor governance means that natural resource revenue that could be used to reduce aid dependency and fund development often fuels corruption and weakens governments instead. Driving greater accountability and transparency is important not just as a humanitarian concern, but for the national security of…

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February 1, 2017

Global Witness – Oil and Conflict Fact Sheet

Oil production in fragile states increases the likelihood of violent insurgencies and increases their duration and intensity, while oil revenue that could be used to reduce aid dependency and fund development often fuels corruption and weakens governments instead. Driving greater accountability and transparency is important not just as a humanitarian concern, but for the national security of the United States…

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February 1, 2017

Letter from Iraqi and Yemeni Organizations to US Congress on the Importance of Cardin-Lugar Anti-Corruption Rule

As civil society representatives from Iraq and Yemen, working to combat corruption in the oil industry, we write to express our extreme concern at the proposal to repeal the United States’ world-leading transparency law through a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval. Undoing this regulation could undermine the national security of both the U.S. and our own countries. Read the…

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February 1, 2017

Open Message from PWYP Global Coalition to US-listed EITI Companies

Download the full statement. See the list of responses collected by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Open message from the Publish What You Pay global coalition (1 February 2017) To US-listed EITI-supporting companies: Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, ArcelorMittal, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton, BP, Chevron, Conoco Philips, Eni, Exxon Mobil, Freeport-McMoran, Glencore, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hess Corporation, Hudbay, Iamgold, Kinross,…

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February 1, 2017

Petition from Professors and Alumni of St. Lawrence University to Senator Collins re: Cardin-Lugar Anti-Corruption Provision

Dear Senator Collins: We, the undersigned 154 students, alumni and professors of St. Lawrence University1 write to ask you to stand up against corruption. The bipartisan Cardin-Lugar Anti-Corruption provision is under attack in Congress. This groundbreaking law requires oil, gas and mining companies to publicly report their payments for access to natural resources in every country of operation, including the…

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