The Kichwa people of the Ecuadorian Amazon continue to fight for their right to access safe water and food.Hundreds of Indigenous activists took to the streets in Ecuador this week to demand justice on the one-year anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill in 15 years.Demonstrators through the Amazonian city of Coca to call on authorities to take responsibility for the 16,000 barrels of crude oil that poured into the Coca and Napo rivers when two pipelines ruptured last year.Around 27,000 Kichwa people were impacted by the spill, and are reportedly still the contaminated water for...…The Kichwa people of the Ecuadorian Amazon continue to fight for their right to access safe water and food.Hundreds of Indigenous activists took to the streets in Ecuador this week to demand justice on the one-year anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill in 15 years.Demonstrators through the Amazonian city of Coca to call on authorities to take responsibility for the 16,000 barrels of crude oil that poured into the Coca and Napo rivers when two pipelines ruptured last year.Around 27,000 Kichwa people were impacted by the spill, and are reportedly still the contaminated water for...WW…

65% of directors from the banks analysed had connections to polluting industries and obstructive lobby groups.Series:Series:The majority of directors at the world’s biggest banks have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, a DeSmog investigation shows. The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels.DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered...…65% of directors from the banks analysed had connections to polluting industries and obstructive lobby groups.Series:Series:The majority of directors at the world’s biggest banks have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, a DeSmog investigation shows. The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels.DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered...WW…