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‘Shell No!’ Paddle to Seattle indigenous Activists Reach Westminster Shell Investor Meeting
Thursday May 21st, 2015. Today, under the shadow of Big Ben, a delegation of indigenous women was joined by campaigners to protest Shell’s plans to drill in the Arctic. Mae Hank and Faith Gemmill-Fredson travelled to Shell’s Annual General meetings in the Netherlands and London directly after taking action in Seattle last Saturday on a…
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New book ‘Artwash’ reveals Big Oil’s art PR strategies
Artwash: Big Oil and The Arts by Mel Evans, out 20 April with Pluto Press To arrange interviews, contact Anna Galkina / [email protected] / @platformlondon For review copies or to arrange the publication of an abstract, contact Alison Alexanian / [email protected] New book analyses BP and Shell’s strategy to gain ‘social licence to operate’ by…
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Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts. Out 20.04.15. Press pack
Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts is out 20.04.2015. Images and video here
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North Sea oil companies demand tax breaks in budget, despite 6 years of eye-watering profit levels
Press release from Platform and Oil Change International Contact: Mika Minio-Paluello – Platform – 020 7403 3738 / 07733466038 /////// Greg Muttitt – Oil Change International – 07508 421 527 Figures released today show that North Sea oil and gas companies are many more times profitable than other businesses in the UK and already benefit…
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Tate forced to reveal BP sponsorship details after 3-year legal battle
Press release: Tate forced to reveal BP sponsorship details after 3-year legal battle Contact: Anna Galkina / [email protected] / @platformlondon Past BP sponsorship figures revealed, ranging between £150,000-£330,000 a year: around 0.5% of Tate’s budget. Minutes reveal Tate’s acknowledgement that “the reputational risk to Tate of retaining BP as a partner is significant.” Tate argued in court…
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Court orders Tate to disclose BP sponsorship figures, campaigners celebrate legal victory
Press release: Court orders Tate to disclose BP sponsorship figures, campaigners celebrate legal victory Contact: Anna Galkina / [email protected] / @platformlondon Images available (1) Information Tribunal gives Tate 35 days to disclose sums of BP sponsorship from 1990-2006 Tate argued in court that disclosure of internal decision-making details would cause further protests and so…
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EBRD plan Azerbaijan loan as regime’s fiercest critic is imprisoned
One of the most famous critics of the Aliyev regime has been imprisoned in Baku. Khadija Ismayilova, an award winning investigative journalist was arrested for ‘inciting suicide’. If found guilty she faces up to seven years in prison. Ismayilova has spent years uncovering corruption in Azerbaijan, which she has traced all the way up to…
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Bill McKibben slams Shell sponsorship at Chatham House keynote on climate
More images available on request Contact: [email protected] — @platformlondon Speaking at the annual Chatham House climate change conference, keynote speaker Bill McKibben of 350.org said: I didn’t know Shell was sponsoring this conference when I agreed to do it, but I’m glad for the chance to say in public that Shell is among the most…
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Tate fears that “protests might intensify” over BP sponsorship
Richard Aydon, the Tate head of legal yesterday admitted in a tribunal that Tate fears that “protests might intensify” as a result of potential revelations about its controversial sponsorship relationship with BP. The statement was made when Aydon was acting as a witness before the Information Tribunal where Tate was appealing against a March ruling…