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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 -
Another oil spill reported in Ogoni territory, time to implement the UNEP report?
By AkpoBari Celestine, Head of Community at Social Action and National Coordinator of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum Almost a month after the Ogoni fishing community of Bodo rejected a 7.5 billion Naira offer for massive spills which Shell accepted liability for, Bunu, another Ogoni farming community in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State was…
14 Oct 2013 admin -
A Night at the Museum – the Shell sponsored Fracking Quiz
Last week I joined Science Unstained for a trip to the Science Museum. Science Unstained worries about the corporate sponsorship of science communication – everything from BAE’s sponsorship of the unfortunately titled Big Bang Fair – an event for young scientists and engineers – to Atos designed degree courses. When they’ve had enough of worrying…
14 Oct 2013 admin -
An oil and gas executive we can (sort of) get behind!
We’ve engaged in a lot of AGM activism over the years, mainly on Shell, BP and RBS, and we’ve been privileged to work alongside many different visitors from impacted communities who’ve come to these AGMs to speak ‘truth to power’. In recent years there’s been some really powerful interventions from people from Gulf Coast Communities devastated…
10 Oct 2013 admin
