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BP & UK challenged over gas and arms deals with the Algerian regime
BP & UK challenged over gas and arms deals with the Algerian regime Demonstrators at business conference call for “Algerian human rights, not Britain’ gas grabs” Monday 10/02/2014 A protest took place this morning over Britain’s “gas grabs” and its complicity in human rights abuses in Algeria at an an investor conference in London attended…
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Activists accuse Britain of ‘gas grab’ in Algeria despite human rights abuses
Terry Macalister, The Guardian Protesters plan to target investor conference at London Stock Exchange on Monday
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Pollutants and Petcoke: Environmental struggles and the Great Lakes
Whiting, Indiana I begin to walk back, away from Lake Michigan, along 129th Street – following the route of the cab that brought me here. Only then does the scale of this place truly dawn on me. It is vast. The largest oil refinery in the Mid West stretches in all directions, line upon line…
5 Feb 2014 james -
Drilling the pre-salt – is Brazil still a “land of opportunity” for BP and Shell?
We are just days away from the fourth anniversary of BP’s announcement in 2010 that it was boldly going into the Brazilian offshore oil province, known in the industry as the ‘pre-salt’. Tony Hayward, BP CEO at the time proclaimed: “This strategic opportunity fits well with BP’s operating strengths and key interests around the world,…
4 Feb 2014 james -
Shell cancels 2014 Arctic drilling – Arctic Ocean & Inupiat rights reality check
Today Shell announced it was canceling its 2014 drilling in the Alaskan Arctic. This is a guest blog by Faith Gemmill, Executive Director of Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL), on the court decision that forced Shell’s hand, and the Indigenous rights context behind it. Last week the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
30 Jan 2014 anna -
It exists because it exists – Bioregional activism in the Chesapeake watershed
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 tenth of a series of blogs on the journey comes from Maryland … St John’s Church, Baltimore, Maryland “Crabs…
28 Jan 2014 james -
Shell no longer sponsoring Southbank Classic series – a timeline.
At the launch of the 2014/15 Southbank Centre Classic Season, Shell was conspicuously absent, after having sponsored the season for a number of years. The artistic director, Jude Kelly, announced the new classical music season on last night, with the ‘Shell Classic International’ concerts now replaced with an ‘International Orchestra Series’. The change comes after…
24 Jan 2014 admin -
The EBRD in Egypt – analysis of the Bank’s first year
We have published a summary briefing analysing the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s first year of lending in Egypt. The bank remains resolutely committed to directing its funds towards oil extraction, agribusiness and the power sector. Only 4.7% of loans are destined for small & medium-sized enterprises, and 0% to renewable energy projects.
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Intro to “Rich Seams or Dark Pools? Fossil Fuel Funding and University Research”
This was the introduction given to an event at UCL in January 2014 entitled Rich Seams or Dark Pools? Fossil Fuel Funding and University Research, reproduced here with the kind permission of Professor Jane Rendell. Thank you for coming and to those of you presenting ideas for agreeing to do so. My name is Jane…
24 Jan 2014 admin
