MPs demand answers from HMRC following Abramovich …
Feb 6, 2025 · Last Thursday, Labour MP Joe Powell also wrote to HMRC in his capacity as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for anti-corruption and responsible tax, and the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith submitted a written question to Parliament.
Tobacco giant’s ‘carbon neutral vape’ was offset with junk credits
Nov 20, 2024 · The project in question, a eucalyptus farm in Uruguay set up by Harvard University’s endowment fund, was in 2022 given a rating of zero by an agency that assesses the effectiveness of carbon offsetting schemes.The rating means that the credits, which should each represent one tonne of emissions avoided or removed …
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TBIJ beats two-year ‘SLAPP’ lawsuit. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has overcome a two-year libel suit from a multibillion dollar company formerly linked to Kazakhstan’s ruling elite after the claim was dropped in June.
Harvard set up worthless carbon offsetting scheme that sold… | TBIJ
Nov 20, 2024 · Carbon offsets allow companies to make up for the carbon emissions they create by paying to avoid or remove emissions elsewhere. Each carbon credit represents a ton of carbon dioxide either removed from the atmosphere or prevented from entering it in the first place.
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Jan 9, 2025 · The urinary tract is the group of organs in your body that process and excrete urine out of the body. It is made up of: Kidneys: Two bean-shaped organs that filter our blood.They take out things that our bodies don’t need, like extra water and waste, turning them into urine.
Parents ‘losing their children’ over misinterpreted drug tests
Sep 11, 2024 · Children are at risk of being wrongly removed from their parents’ care by the family courts because drug tests are being misinterpreted, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) can reveal.
MPs call for investigation into Abramovich’s tax bill
Jan 30, 2025 · TBIJ co-publishes its stories with major media outlets around the world so they reach as many people as possible. MPs have called on the UK government to open an investigation into the unpaid taxes of Roman Abramovich following this week’s revelations by TBIJ. Our joint investigation with the BBC ...
‘Greenwashing’ banks raised 1 trillion dollars for fossil fuel giants
Nov 13, 2024 · Banks will be in focus at Cop29, currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, as world leaders discuss how to raise trillions of dollars for countries suffering the effects of climate change. Although talks are unlikely to address their continued support for dirty energy, more than 140 banks worldwide have pledged to cut emissions associated with their lending and investments to almost zero by 2050.
What is a deepfake – and how are they being used by scammers?
Mar 7, 2024 · Face-swapping technology, which has been around for more than a decade, enables users to replace one person’s face with another’s. It can create the illusion of someone saying or doing something they never did. That kind of deepfake is what you may have seen on TV and social media but it has also been used to carry out fraud: one scam in China used face-swapping technology to convince ...
Trans+ people finding it harder to access ‘lifesaving’… | TBIJ
Jul 12, 2024 · Many trans+ people have been prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a form of gender-affirming care; Some trans+ people have had HRT prescriptions withdrawn by their GPs, sometimes after years of receiving the treatment