
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ analyzed the latest numbers on climate change lobbyists in Washington, and found some unexpected new players -- including Campbell Soup and cereal-maker Kellogg. Our partner on this one: POLITICO, one of the fastest growing news outlets in the U.S.
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The next round of the battle over climate change policy will involve more than the usual suspects.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Most countries don't keep records of who's trying to influence lawmakers. In tracking special interests, ICIJ used computer-assisted reporting to analyze lobbyist registries in Australia, Canada, the EU, and the US. We found even the good systems need work...
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Determining the influence of industry on legislation in the United States is tough. But tracking influence on an international scale can be a nightmare, as International Consortium of Investigative Journalism members found this year while reporting our Global Climate Change Lobby series.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Our last round up of Investigations Around the World for 2009: Millions in subsidies for the poor fund political bosses and shadowy foundations in Argentina; a booming black market for passports and visas in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Russia; illegal logging activities in Albania.
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Our pals at IRE tell us their deadline, too, is approaching for one of the best competitions in journalism – the 2010 IRE Awards, for great investigative reporting in print, tv, radio, online, crime, and more. Deadline is January 15. Stories can be in any language but send an English translation.
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Here's the last of ICIJ's six-part video series from Copenhagen. This one focuses on BINGOs -- business and industry NGOs. We've partnered here with The Huffington Post, now one of the top U.S. online news sites.
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Story by Kate Willson Video by Kate Willson and Andrew Greenof the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate Change Lobby series: They call them BINGOs - business and industry non-governmental organizations.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists The deadline for the Daniel Pearl Awards is approaching. ICIJ is looking for the best investigative, cross-border reporting around the world. We're interested in recognizing both emerging and established journalists -- please tell your friends and other fellow journalists. There are $15,000 in prizes. For details, visit:
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The Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are unique among journalism prizes worldwide in that they were created specifically to honor cross-border investigative reporting. ...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists This week’s Investigations Around the World reveals more failures to disclose assets by government officials in Sarajevo; a government employee in South Africa who is enriching herself by building a slum empire after hours; and the violation of key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act in the U.S. which has affected more than 49 million people nationwide.
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists England's 19th-century libel laws notoriously favor complainants, who make their way to London from all over the world to file their grievances in court. Now British lawmakers want to change that.
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England’s libel laws, which favor complainants, are under attack from publishers, scientists and others.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Japan is the last of our in-country looks at the influence of special interests on the Copenhagen talks. ICIJ's Akiko Kashiwagi reports on the surprising toughness of Japan's new government toward a business lobby used to having its way.
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Takeshi Miyamoto is a man on a mission, but things haven’t been going his way. Earlier this year, his group, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation, an influential business association under the powerful ...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists For more on ICIJ's reporting from Copenhagen, you can also follow our reporters (@climatelobby) on Twitter:
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A cutting edge project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) examines the influences behind global climate change talks

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists “Through our high-level members, we’re able to get into the corridors of power.” Meet the electric and gas lobby at Copenhagen -- new video now online:
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Copenhagen — The electric industry is a hodgepodge of interests — high-carbon coal, lower-carbon natural gas, and near-zero-carbon nuclear. Each has a lot to gain and a lot to loose depending on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks. ...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists In our next EU climate lobby story, Brigitte Alfter investigates how industry gained access to billions of euros in cash and emissions trading certificates -- all to develop a controversial technology for carbon capture and storage.
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Capturing and storing carbon dioxide from power stations and other industrial plants is seen as the solution to controlling CO2 — at least according to companies like Shell and BP, who have an obvious interest, as well as some leading climate change experts.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Climate talks are underway! Our latest dispatch, on alternative energy groups lobbying at Copenhagen, is online. Follow ICIJ's reporters -- reporting live from Copenhagen -- here:
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Copenhagen — Industry officials are arriving in droves today to take part in what’s being pegged as the seminal global event on climate change. The place is expected to fill with representatives of traditional carbon-intensive industries, like oil and coal. ...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists The European Union leads our latest report on the Global Climate Change Lobby, written by ICIJ's Brigitte Alfter. It turns out that the EU's widely lauded emissions-control plan is full of loopholes — the result of lobbying by big carbon-emitting industries.
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The press room fell to a hush as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, then-president of the European Union, took the podium at a Brussels summit in March 2007. Merkel was announcing the EU’s new climate package, easily the world’s most impressive commitment so far to reducing climate change. ...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Check out this week’s round up of Investigations around the World: divorced women in Jordan suffer at the hands of local courts; easy-to-obtain fake ID cards in Romania pave the way for illegal immigrants in Western Europe; and arbitrary rulings deny Americans of needed Social Security benefits.
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