Senator Benjamin Cardin along with Senators Leahy, Brown, Markey, Whitehouse, Kaine, Shaheen, Menendez, Coons, Warren, Murphy, and Merkley sent a letter dated April 4, 2017 to Acting SEC Chair Michael Piwowar and SEC Commissioner Kara Stein. The Senators call on the SEC to reissue a strong anti-corruption safeguard on oil, gas, and mining companies implementing the requirements of Section 1504…
This post also appears on www.ExtractAFact.org For many us, whom have dedicated years to advocate for the laws that require the disclosure of payments in Canada, the time has come! Reports required to be disclosed in accordance with the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) are piling up, and shortly (May 2017) we expect there to be hundreds and hundreds…
Without proper management, oil revenues could instead exacerbate poverty by further perpetuating Uganda’s long history of endemic government corruption.
Today, President Trump has an opportunity to veto House Joint Resolution 41, which will make it easier for corrupt officials around the world to steal oil and mining money from their citizens. HJ Res 41 repeals the common-sense implementing rules for the Cardin-Lugar AntiCorruption Provision, a bipartisan law passed in 2010 that shines a light on oil and mineral money…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
PWYP-US submitted a letter to Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown concerning S.J. Resolution 9. Read the full letter.