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<p><span>Fossil fuel energy companies affected by Germany&rsquo;s coal phase out are receiving up to 12 times as much compensation as would normally be expected because of the threat of legal claims under the controversial Energy Charter Treaty, according to research published today.</span></p>

Boris Johnson looks set on using our health data as a bargaining chip to keep his Brexit/US trade dream alive – but what does that mean for us?

Five problems the UK-Australia trade deal poses for the climate Five problems the UK-Australia trade deal poses for the climate How we grow, transport and buy and sell food is one of the key things for restoring our climate as well as for tackling inequality and creating a fairer society. Supporting local, sustainable production as a strong basis for our food system is vital. So you might think that all this talk of sending food halfway round the world in the UK-Australia trade deal is crazy in terms of food miles. And you would be right. But that’s barely even the start of the problems thi...

Energy giants are using international trade tribunals to claim damages over governments’ green policies

URL copied to clipboard Boris Johnson’s new investment council includes a subsidiary of a German energy giant that is suing the Netherlands for €1.4bn for phasing out coal. The Investment Council, which launched last month to drum up foreign investment into the UK, has talked up the importance of ‘sustainable’ investment and ‘green industries’ ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit. But the council’s advisers include RWE Renewables, whose parent company took the Netherlands to a World Bank arbitration tribunal after the Dutch government decided to phase out coal. The government�...