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Protesters Storm Shell Base at Kolo Creek
On Thursday 7 July, shortly after 6am, women and youth from communities in the Kolo Creek area of the Niger Delta protested against more than a decade of broken promises, oil spills and gas flaring from Shell. With only placards and palm fronds, peaceful protestors confronted heavily armed military soldiers and succeeded in breaching the gates of the Shell…
9 Jul 2011 admin -
Geoengineering and synthetic life – BP’s “solutions” to climate change and the energy crisis
While drilling holes in the Atlantic seafloor and mining tar sands, BP has also been working with Craig Venter’s Synthetic Genomics to geoengineer microbes that could be injected into tar sands to release methane and create algae-based biofuels, according to Jim Thomas of etc group writing for The Ecologist yesterday. He also investigates BP’s role in driving science-fiction schemes to re-engineer atmospheric…
29 Jun 2011 admin -
Report: 2 Protesters Shot and Gov’t Official Killed in Ogoniland
Disturbing news has emerged that on Sunday 12 June, 2 Ogoni youth were reportedly shot dead by Nigerian police following a protest against the relocation of Bori Camp military base to Ogoniland. A government official who was backing the Rivers State Government’s plan was also reported killed in a retaliation. Saharareporter’s investigations revealed that trouble…
16 Jun 2011 admin -
Tottenham’s Bernie Grant Arts Centre to Welcome Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial ‘Battle Bus’
LAUNCH EVENT: Saturday 25 June, 12-2pm, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, London N15 4RX. MAP: View Larger Map A spectacular life-size steel bus, created as a memorial to Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, will be officially welcomed to its new home in Tottenham as part of Civic Day celebrations on Saturday 25 June.…
16 Jun 2011 admin -
Ogonis File Class Action Lawsuit in UK Over Shell Oil Spills
The Ogoni community of Bodo has filed a class-action lawsuit at the High Court in London against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell. The case concerns damages caused by two major oil spills from Shell’s Trans-Niger pipeline in 2008-9, both the result of equipment failure. It took Shell several months before they finally clamped the pipeline.…
15 Jun 2011 admin -
Podcasts from the Niger Delta
Listen to PLATFORM’s series of podcasts marking 15 years since the execution of Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. The podcasts feature activists who are pushing for social change in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Introduction: Episode I: Fifteen Years of Not Getting Justice Episode II: Patrick’s Podcast Episode III: “Comrade Che”
14 Jun 2011 admin -
Shell supports Syrian regime with $55 million during crackdown; one out of six Syrian tanks runs on Shell oil
Today, a Shell-chartered tanker is scheduled to dock in the Syrian port of Tartous. The Heidmar TBN will collect almost 600,000 barrels of crude oil purchased by Shell. The shipment, worth over $55 million, has been marketed to Shell by state company Sytrol, an integral part of Assad’s regime of power. Repression of the democratic uprising in Syria…
29 May 2011 admin -
Death knell or crying wolf?
In April the Chancellor, George Osborne, launched his ‘Fair Fuel Stabiliser’. This linked the rate of tax paid by oil companies to global oil prices. When the price of oil was above $75 a barrel, the rate of tax on North Sea oil profits would rise, with the additional revenue used to lower the price…
28 May 2011 admin
