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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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UK universities have £5.2bn invested in the fossil fuel industry, report says
Blue and Green Tomorrow, by Ilaria Bertini
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New research reveals extensive links between fossil fuel industry and UK universities
New research reveals extensive links between fossil fuel industry and UK universities (Download the report) A new report by Platform, People & Planet and 350.org has exposed the extent to which the fossil fuel industry is financially interconnected with UK universities. The report, Knowledge and Power – Fossil Fuel Universities [1] reveals that: Universities have…
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Shale Gas Exploitation in Algeria: Interview with an Algerian Journalist and Anti-Fracking Campaigner
Global Frackdown 2 will be taking place on Saturday 19th October. It is an initiative that is aiming to bring together community actions from all over the world to challenge hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, so we thought it would be good to hear from someone in Algeria about the situation there. Algeria has made some amendments…
18 Oct 2013 admin
