Total Extraction: Brutality and Blindness in Business and Banking

Gravity FM

English - December 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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The Noxious Nexus of Environmental Destruction, Corruption, Conflict and Human Rights Abuse

Discussion with Patrick Alley on the intersectionality of environmental destruction, human rights abuse, conflict and corruption. We discuss how our banks and institutional funds finance deforestation while concomitantly publicly rallying against it. We discuss greenwashing by the fossil fuels industry and its influence on COP26. We also discuss the intimidation, attacks and murder of frontline environmental defenders. Additionally, we discuss the environmental destruction, corruption and human rights abuses of the palm oil industry in Papa New Guinea.

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