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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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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 -
Top 12 journeys on The Oil Road – Travel writing around the Mediterranean & the Caspian
A heavily shortened version of this list by James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello first appeared in the Guardian in January 2012. In researching The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London, we feasted on others’ descriptions of the mountains and plains, villages and cities, open seas and jagged coastlines…
6 Feb 2013 admin -
Shell guilty: Court in the Hague orders Shell to pay compensation over oil spill in Nigeria
It’s big news. For the first time, Shell has been found guilty in a court outside of the country in which it inflicted damage; in this case, in a court in the Hague for an oil spill in Nigeria. Shell will be forced to pay compensation to a farmer whose land and livelihood was ruined…
30 Jan 2013 admin -
Shell on trial – landmark ruling on oil spills due this Wednesday
This Wednesday a Dutch court will rule on whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers’ land in a landmark case that could lead the way for a spate of similar actions in the future. The farmers, whose land has been destroyed by oil from Shell pipelines, have travelled…
28 Jan 2013 admin -
The true story behind Channel 4’s ‘Secret State’ – RBS’s dirty deals
Sometimes Platform is really late off the mark, but luckily a friend in Liverpool gave us a nudge. Thanks Lena. WARNING – this blog post contains spoilers. Channel 4’s recent 4-part political thriller ‘Secret State’ has an oil and finance storyline, elements of which uncannily mirror some of Platform’s current and recent campaigns. The plot…
11 Dec 2012 jane
