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The document argues that TotalEnergies SE has misled investors by claiming alignment with the Paris Agreement while continuing to increase fossil fuel production. It highlights the systemic financial risk climate change poses to global portfolios and asserts that TotalEnergies' disclosures—including claims about the role of natural gas as a transition fuel and the 'substitution' argument for continued extraction—are inaccurate. The authors call for an AMF investigation into potential breaches of the AMF General Regulations, the European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), and the French Monetary and Financial Code.

ClientEarth, Amis de la Terre France, and Notre Affaire à Tous allege that TotalEnergies SE has misled investors by claiming alignment with the Paris Agreement while continuing to increase fossil fuel production. The report argues that such misinformation obscures systemic financial risks, as climate change threatens global economic stability and asset valuations. It specifically challenges the company's claims regarding the role of natural gas as a 'transition energy' and its 'net zero' ambitions, citing a 2025 Paris court ruling that found the company's consumer communications to be misleading.

ClientEarth has filed a complaint with the OECD against Cargill, arguing that the company's due diligence fails to address deforestation and human rights abuses in Brazil. The document details specific allegations regarding the Cerrado, Amazon, and Atlantic Forest biomes, and calls for the full disclosure and implementation of effective environmental and human rights policies.

The document is a legal complaint alleging racial discrimination in the provision of public health services in Lowndes County, Alabama. It argues that ADPH and LCHD have failed to abate insanitary conditions caused by failing or non-existent sewage systems, which disproportionately affect black residents. The complaint specifically highlights the agencies' dismissal of a 2017 peer-reviewed study that found hookworm in 34.5% of participants, and the historical criminalization of poverty through arrests of black residents for lacking permitted septic systems.

ClientEarth argues that the European Commission has improperly withheld conformity checking studies by applying a general presumption of confidentiality to documents that do not meet the legal criteria for such an exception. The complaint asserts that the Commission failed to conduct individual assessments of requested documents, particularly those related to EU Pilot cases and preliminary assessments, in violation of case C-612/13 P and the Aarhus Regulation. Additionally, ClientEarth claims the Commission is neglecting its duty to actively and systematically disseminate environmental information to the public.

Community groups Moms On a Mission Hui and Pō‘ai Wai Ola allege that HDOA and ADC have failed to implement Title VI compliance programs, leading to discriminatory adverse effects on Native Hawaiian populations. The complaint highlights the lack of pesticide registration limits, the absence of mandatory buffer zones, and a failure to enforce federal and state pesticide laws. It specifically points to the high concentration of genetically engineered seed crops in West Kaua‘i and Moloka‘i, where Native Hawaiian populations are proportionally higher than the state average. Additionally, the complaint cites ADC's operation of an unpermitted drainage ditch system on the Mānā Plain that discharges pollutants into waters used by Native Hawaiians. The complainants request that the EPA and USDA conduct compliance reviews and require the agencies to develop implementation plans to mitigate these discriminatory impacts.

The document alleges that Royal Dutch Shell uses inflated and unverified statistics to attribute the majority of oil spills in the Niger Delta to sabotage, thereby avoiding liability for compensation and deflecting criticism of its environmental and human rights record. The complainants, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth, argue that Shell's data is biased, lacks independent verification, and in several documented cases, contradicts joint investigation findings that pointed to equipment failure or corrosion.

The complaint, filed by the coalition Frente de Defensa San Miguelense (FREDEMI) and prepared by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), argues that Goldcorp Inc. and its subsidiary Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. have violated human rights and environmental standards. Key allegations include the acquisition of communal indigenous lands without free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), causing structural damage to homes via explosives, contaminating local water sources with arsenic and cyanide, and depleting water resources. The document also highlights a pattern of retaliation and criminalization of community protesters. FREDEMI requests that the Canadian National Contact Point investigate these claims and recommend that Goldcorp suspend operations, close the mine, and adopt a policy respecting indigenous consent.

The complaint argues that the State of Chile facilitated the forced eviction of Mapuche-Pehuenche communities from their ancestral lands in the Alto Bío Bío region to allow ENDESA to build the Ralco Hydroelectric Project. The petitioners claim that the state bypassed the Indigenous Law (Ley 19.253) and environmental conditions set by CONAMA, which required voluntary land swaps (permutas) approved by CONADI. Instead, the state used the 'Electric Law' (Ley Eléctrica) to impose flood easements and monetary compensation, which the petitioners describe as a form of 'ethnocide' that destroys their cultural, spiritual, and physical existence. They further allege a denial of justice by Chilean courts, which they claim have been ineffective or biased in favor of the company.