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Book Review: Take the money and run?
by Bethany Rex, Arts Professional
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From the Niger Delta to the City of London: taking the fight to Shell
There are moments sometimes when you are suddenly struck by the realisation that this is what life is about. I am not talking about being in the green fields at Glastonbury after a rather potent chai tea. I am talking about the feeling of a tiny, temporary re-balancing of the injustice of the universe –…
5 Jun 2013 admin -
Platform receives AWEInspiring Arts & Environment Award
Last night saw Platform honoured with an art award from an unusual ally. The organisation making the award – CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) – is the professional body for those individuals and companies who work in water and environmental management. It has a national and international membership, signed up to advancing sustainability…
30 May 2013 jane -
Groups oppose European Bank’s plan to fund oil drilling in Egypt
Cairo/ Brussels May 27, 2013 On Wednesday 29 May, the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) will vote on whether to make a $40 million loan to Kuwait Energy to drill and extract oil in Egypt. Egyptian and international organisations are pushing the board of the public multilateral bank to reject the loan –…
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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…
22 May 2013 james -
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
