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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Claims Undermined by Fraud and Deforestation

MELAKA / CARTAGENA – Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a key pillar of Europe’s decarbonisation plan. But in a months-long investigation, journalists from three continents uncovered an opaque global supply chain that exposes jet fuel providers and their aviation clients to significant fraud risks, raising doubts about the climate benefits of the sector’s main green hope for the years ahead.

Manganese: Green for Europe, Toxic for Georgia

  • Environment
  • Industry

CHIATURA –  Georgia is a key supplier of manganese, an essential raw material for Europe’s transition to renewable energy which is used in wind turbines and electric cars. This investigation  shows how the EU's rush to secure critical raw materials for its green transition is colliding with weak environmental oversight, opaque corporate networks, and a dramatically shrinking civic space in Georgia.

China and India Are Flooding Nepal With Fast Fashion

  • Environment

KATHMANDU – Piles of clothes litter Nepal's rivers and are filling up Nepal's rural landfill sites - but since Nepal has banned imports of worn clothing, where are these piles coming from?

Heavy Metals in Drin River Raise Cancer Concerns

GJAKOVË / KUKËS – This cross-border investigation examines the presence of hazardous heavy metals in the Drini River system, which flows through Albania and Kosovo.

Oil Extraction and Ecological Disaster in Iraq’s Protected Marshes

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Industry

AL NASIRIYAH - The ecological disaster unfolding in Iraq is largely driven by EU oil companies. This investigation seeks to hold these companies accountable for their role in Iraq’s environmental collapse and underscore the human cost of the country's growing oil dependency.

Europe’s Not-So Just Energy Transition

  • Energy
  • Environment

BRUSSELS – This investigation analyses which projects under the European Commission’s €17.5 billion Just Transition Fund might not be effective, revealing a number of cases of malpractice in this regard.

Arsonist country: Hard Truth About Fires In Portugal

  • Climate
  • Environment

MONCHIQUE / HERMISENDE - In recent decades, forest fires in Portugal and Spain have reached unprecedented levels, with these two countries registering the largest burnt areas in Europe. Intentional arson is one of the main causes of fire. The investigation by Divergente and El Confidencial tried to see the reasons behind. The findings are presented in a variety of formats, from podcasts to text to interactive maps.

Dirty Supply Chains: How Fracked Gas Props Up Europe’s Fertiliser Giant

  • Agriculture
  • Environment

OSLO / TEXAS – Yara, the biggest fertiliser producer in Europe, is promoting 'sustainable' products as climate-friendly solutions. Yet this investigation reveals that much of this product relies on fracked gas from U.S. shale fields.

Clean Air, Dirty Seas: The Biodiveristy Cost of Scrubbers in the Mediterranean

  • Environment

BARCELONA / CIVITAVECCHIA / MARSEILLE – This cross-border investigation uncovers the hidden environmental cost of ship scrubbers—systems installed on vessels to reduce sulfur emissions by washing exhaust gases with seawater.

Forest Fraud: South East Asia's Protected Forests Fall Victim to Greenwashing

  • Environment

PALAWAN / AGUSAN DEL SUR - This investigation maps deforestation in the protected areas in the Philippines and Indonesia, identifies the commodities that have replaced the trees, and explores how these products are laundered into global supply chains.