Cashing Out
The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into a Secretive System That Undermines Climate Action
An international arbitration system allows corporations to demand big payouts. Governments have been forced to hand over billions.
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million
By Katie Surma
Coal Company Sues UK After Environmentalists Win Major Climate Case in British Court
By Katie Surma
One Small Country, Nearly $20 Billion in Corporate Claims
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
Biden Administration Reaches Deal Limiting Controversial Protections for Multinational Corporations
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
Nations Are Exiting a Secretive System That Protects Corporations. One Country’s Story Shows How Hard That Can Be
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
‘Pure Greed’: A Legal System That Gives Corporations Special Rights Has Come for Honduras
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
In Honduras, Libertarians and Legal Claims Threaten to Bankrupt a Nation
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
Should Companies Get Paid When Governments Phase Out Fossil Fuels? They Already Are
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
The International System That Pits Foreign Investors Against Indigenous Communities
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
