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Shell paid Nigeria millions to guard oil facilities
AFP – August 20, 2012
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Shell spending millions of dollars on security in Nigeria, leaked data shows
The Guardian – August 19, 2012
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Shell ‘paying tens of millions to Nigerian security forces’
The Telegraph – August 19, 2012
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Shell suspends Arctic drilling for 2013
We’re celebrating Shell’s announcement that the drilling programme in the Alaskan Arctic has been halted for the year! Here are a few perspectives on why this has happened and what’s going to happen next… 1) Company public relations describe this as an effort to ensure the drilling is safe: “Shell remains committed to building an…
28 Feb 2013 anna -
Art interventions – our presentation to Shake!
Last week Shake! shook it all up at the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford – 25 young people tackling Arts, Media, Race and Power. Kevin and I were lucky enough to be invited to present to this inspiring and hyper-creative group of people on art interventions and oil sponsorship of the arts. We hope to…
26 Feb 2013 admin -
Osborne’s tax breaks for North Sea oil and a Thatcherism flashback
Back in the 70s, the UK and Norway took two very different approaches to the roughly equal share of North Sea oil and gas that they had within their territorial waters. With state-owned oil company Statoil at the helm, Norway cautiously put aside profits and levies from other oil companies operating within its fields into…
25 Feb 2013 admin -
The price of gas: imports, repression and fuel poverty
In a deplorable attack on the right to protest energy giant EDF is attempting to sue 21 activists for £5mn in a civil action. The No Dash for Gas campaigners occupied West Burton gas power station for 7 days by scaling two of the three 91m high cooling towers, brave people. They are going to…
21 Feb 2013 admin -
Oil company mega-profits and the dwindling public purse
Yesterday, The Observer ran a story about George Osborne promising to crack down on multinationals avoiding tax in some of the world’s poorest countries. Anger over corporate tax avoidance at a time of massive cuts to public spending has placed the issue on the political agenda, especially since widespread popular protest sparked by UK Uncut. The money…
18 Feb 2013 admin
