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Toxins in the rivers and toxins in the body politic – the battle over Line 9 in Canada
Mika Minio-Paluello, Anna Galkina and James Marriott travelled in North America as part of a tour over September and October to promote The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian to the City of London. The fourth of a series of blogs on the journey comes from James Marriott in Ontario. York University, Toronto, Ontario…
6 Nov 2013 admin -
The showcase that “Emboldens” and shakes the “Energetic Apathy”
Since I joined Platform in July, I have seen the high-spirited Farzana passionately preparing for the “Shake! – Young Voices in Arts, Media, Race & Power course”, organising its different activities and coordinating with other facilitators (Ed, Zena and Sai) in order to make it even better than the previous sessions. The third course was…
4 Nov 2013 admin -
Divestment and ending arts sponsorship – both tools of oil company stigmatization
Divestment is very much the climate campaign buzzword at the moment. Tonight in London there’s the culmination of the Fossil Free Europe tour with divestment doyen Bill McKibben hoping to emulate the success of the States-side campaign over here, while last week we co-published with People & Planet and 350.org the report Knowledge and Power…
1 Nov 2013 admin -
The Oil Road in Washington – Constructing Caspian Pipelines on Capitol Hill
Mika Minio-Paluello, Anna Galkina and James Marriott travelled in North America as part of a tour over September and October to promote The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian to the City of London. The fifth of a series of blogs on the journey is adapted from a talk that James Marriott gave at…
30 Oct 2013 admin -
Fraud, Freedom and Fossil Fuels: Azerbaijan’s Elections
The fittings of Committee Room 6 at the House of Commons – thick carpet, green leather chairs, portrait of 18th century Prime Minister William Pitt and view over the Thames – suggest a solemn and sedate atmosphere. But last Thursday the debate raged furiously, back and forth. Mainly between Murad Gussanly, UK representative of the…
29 Oct 2013 admin -
October 2013: Oil & Unis, Azeri elections, Shake! showcase + more!
Oil & Unis, Azeri elections, Shake! showcase + more! 25 October 2013 Dear All,An autumnal welcome to our October Newsletter. We’ve some exciting new research to share revealing the extent of oil companies’ involvement in UK universities, news of the recent, not-very-democratic elections in Azerbaijan, some work we’ve been doing in Parliament on fossil fuel subsidies, and…
25 Oct 2013 admin -
Platform vs the oil and gas lobby in Parliament over fossil fuel subsidies
Yesterday we were invited by the Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to come in and give evidence as part of their inquiry into the nature of energy subsidies in the UK. We’d already made a written submission, but it was great to go in and put our points across in person. Great, and a little…
24 Oct 2013 admin -
UK universities urged to ditch ‘extensive’ fossil fuel link
Business Green
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Fossil fuel ties with universities highlighted by report
Times Higher Education Supplement
