New Private Profits, Public Risks report in the media
A new report by PESP and Public Citizen reveals that Investments by private equity firms in nearly 2,700 oil and gas wells on federal and tribal lands across the western United States could…
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A new report by PESP and Public Citizen reveals that Investments by private equity firms in nearly 2,700 oil and gas wells on federal and tribal lands across the western United States could…
According to a new OilPrice.com story, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Asia have experienced a significant decline this year, with total M&A value dropping by 41% year on year to $362 billion, the lowest…
A new investigation released by the Private Equity Climate Risks consortium revealed that The Carlyle Group, a private equity titan with $373 billion in assets under management, has been quietly scooping up fossil fuel assets over the past decade, in contradiction…
Industry publication The Chemical Engineer published a look into the greenlighting of a potentially climate-harming Sempra Infrastructure LNG project in Port Arthur, Texas. The Chemical Engineer April…
In a new, exclusive piece, the Guardian covered the recently released PESP report “PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest.” The Guardian investigation focused…
New York Focus November 30, 2022: The Private Equity ‘Black Box’ Pours…
Inside Climate recently investigated where many fossil assets land when they are sold off from oil and gas companies. What Inside Climate found, and what many activists and researchers…
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group is under fire for not disclosing its largest oil and gas investment in its report on financial risk from emissions. A recent story from AP…
The new Private Equity Climate Risks Scorecard, authored by PESP and AFREF, has seen wide coverage in the media since its release on September 14. Take a look at what different media…
Investment Week: Deep Dive: Private markets take steps towards the ‘mainstreaming’ of ESG A report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project was recently featured in a piece by Investment Week on the impact…
In a special issue spotlighting the troubling behavior of the private equity industry, Mother Jones explored a private-equity financed plan to pipe carbon dioxide hundreds of miles across multiple states in a scheme allegedly designed to cut emissions…
The Economist reported that some of the $44bn of mostly fossil-fuel assets that the oil and gas industry has shed since the start of 2018 are not being closed down, but bought up by private equity firms funded by university…