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Shell AGM: “With patience and saliva the ants devour the elephant”
Just returning from the Annual General Meeting of Shell at Den Haag in the Netherlands – tired but exhilarated by the experience. As with the AGM in 2012 there was a powerful array of civil society groups from all over the world taking the time and devoting the energy to travel to the grey, rain…
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Shell CEO to be presented with ‘retirement present’ by Niger Delta activist at shareholder meeting
What: Photo opportunity – At the Shell Shareholder presentation, in London an oil activist from Niger Delta and watchdog group to present retiring Shell CEO with “polluted water” champagne bottle as a present When: 9.30am Thursday 23 May 2013 Where: The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London, EC4V 3DB On Thursday morning…
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Greenpeace sounds alarm on oil groups after sinking of platform, featuring our report ‘Russian Roulette’
Guy Chazan. Piece made homepage of FT website
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Oil majors gambling investors’ money on ‘Russian roulette’ of Arctic ventures – new report from Greenpeace, Platform and ShareAction
Oil majors gambling investors’ money on ‘Russian roulette’ of Arctic ventures – New Report from Greenpeace, Platform and ShareAction Oil majors rushing to partner up with Russian energy giants in order to gain access to the country’s Arctic resources are gambling shareholders’ money on ‘a five-bullet Russian roulette’ of poor environmental and safety records, lack…
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May 2013: Oil City, Art & ethics, Azerbaijan, Aberdeen and Istanbul
Oil City, Art & ethics, Azerbaijan, Aberdeen and Istanbul 17 May 2013 Dear All, We’re launching a new theatre piece (although ‘theatre’ doesn’t really do it justice!) a new study guide, and we have some updates from Aberdeen, Istanbul and Azerbaijan. Look out next week for our new briefing on BP and Shell’s arctic activities. Oil City…
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BP is planning a $40 bn pipeline and wants us to subsidise it
BP pushed for major subsidies at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) AGM in Istanbul last weekend, while hyping the grand scale of its Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline plans. Between speeches by Prime Ministers and sessions on “Supporting Growth Amidst Austerity”, oil companies revealed their intentions to spend $40 billion expanding Europe’s gas grid…
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Even oil dictators need a social license to operate – Aliyev’s cultural spending spree
Whether it’s BP’s sponsorship of the Tate galleries, Shell’s funding for the Southbank Centre or Tullow Oil’s controversial deals with Sunderland football club oil company sponsorship of the arts is a familiar phenomenon. But what about oil dictators? Do they also need a social license to operate? What kinds of institutions would they throw money…
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Oil trading scandal ‘unsurprising’ based on BP and Shell’s past record
16 May 2013 Reacting to the unfolding oil price fixing investigations of BP and Shell, Platform oil campaigner Mika Minio-Paluello said: “The scale of the likely market-rigging by BP and Shell is shocking but unsurprising. BP and Shell have a record of making massive profits at the expense of the public by either price-fixing or…
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Tate members accuse Serota of ‘misrepresentation’ over BP questions at AGM
In December last year, a number of Tate Members wrote a letter to the Tate Members Council to raise concerns about the controversial sponsorship deal with BP, and some of those signatories went to the Tate Members AGM to discuss the issues face to face. The AGM was again dominated by the issue, with critical…
14 May 2013 admin
