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ONE Disappointed by District Court Decision to Vacate SEC Extractives Rule
We are extremely disappointed by the decision reached today by the District Court to vacate the SEC’s rule and remand to the Commission for further proceedings. But we are confident that the decision represents only a short detour from the progress that is being made in efforts – around the world – to promote transparency and accountability in the extractives sector and protect investors.
ONE Applauds White House Plan to Boost African Energy Access
Without access to the grid, it’s nearly impossible to operate businesses, hospitals and schools effectively and extremely difficult for households to meet their basic needs.
ONE Welcomes Bipartisan Energy Poverty Bill
ONE welcomes today’s introduction of “Electrify Africa,” a bipartisan bill designed to help bring modern energy access to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The bill, introduced by Representatives Royce (R-CA-39) and Engel (D-NY-16), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, coordinates U.S. government resources to facilitate much needed investments in African power projects.
ONE Releases Special DATA Report on Tracking Development Assistance
With less than 1,000 days to go until the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ONE’s latest DATA Report: ‘Special Report Tracking Development Assistance’ reveals a mixed outlook for official development assistance (ODA) to the world’s poorest countries.
ONE Releases New Acoustic Versions of Classic Protest Songs: “Sunday Bloody Sunday” & “The Promised Land”
U2, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day and Kid Rock Join Mumford and Sons, Elvis Costello, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ed Sheeran, and dozens more as part of ONE’s Global agit8 Campaign .
ONE Welcomes Canadian Commitment to New Global Transparency Standard
With 75% of the world’s mining companies and 35% of oil companies globally, Canada’s announcement will have a significant impact in ensuring that the world’s poorest citizens have access to information critical for holding their governments to account for the use of natural resource revenues.
ONE Praises Nutrition Summit in DC
The lack of access to nutritious food results in millions of global deaths each year, many of them children, and Bread for the World and Concern are playing a critical role in calling attention to this important issue.
ONE Launches “agit8”
Angelique Kidjo, U2, Will.i.am, Sting, Rokia Traoré, Kid Rock, Mumford and Sons, Elvis Costello, Green Day, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ed Sheeran & dozens more raise their voices and demand action against extreme poverty ahead of the G8.
ONE Applauds Bipartisan Senate Amendment to Farm Bill
Thanks to Senators Coons and Johanns, this measure will enable the U.S. to put more food on the table faster and at lower cost to American taxpayers.
ONE applauds Tullow Oil for publishing payment information
ONE applauds Tullow Oil’s decision to publish, for the first time, information detailing its payments to governments around the world.
ONE Welcomes UN Vision for Post-2015 Development Goals
ONE welcomes today’s report from the United Nations’ High Level Panel (HLP) outlining its vision for the next set of global development goals.
ONE’s DATA Report Reveals Wide Disparities in Africa Poverty Goal Progress
New analysis published today in The ONE Campaign’s 2013 DATA Report shows that 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have accelerated progress in the last three years on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and 16 are on track to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015.