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Energy security – why the fuss over two little words?
Kim Bryan is Media and Communications officer at the Centre for Alternative Technology, where Platform and PIRC co-hosted a seminar last week called “Energy Security – a toxic frame for progressives?” as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. Here she guest-blogs her thoughts on taking part in the seminar. Plans are afoot to…
9 Nov 2011 admin -
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More on Prirazlomnaya
WWF Russia has just released a comparative analysis of a number of Gazprom’s projects, including the notorious Prirazlomnaya rig. On 6 September Gazprom held a press conference … practically in response to the publicity campaign by NGOs. At the conference, Gazprom Head of offshore technology Vladimir Vovk conceded that a finalised technical plan did not…
8 Nov 2011 anna -
Culture Beyond Oil Publication Launch – Tuesday 29th Nov @FreeWordCentre
New Arts Publication – ‘Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ TUESDAY 29th November – Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA IMPORTANT – Previously this event had been advertised on Monday 28th November. Due to circumstances outside of our control, this date has been changed to Tuesday 29th…
7 Nov 2011 admin -
‘Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ – order your copy now
‘Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ is a publication that sets out to discuss oil sponsorship of the arts. The single issue, limited edition publication features artworks in dialogue with the BP Gulf of Mexico catastrophe and articles that set out the compelling arguments for an end to BP and Shell’s murky involvement with…
7 Nov 2011 admin -
Is this the future we want for Egypt?
The fisherperson in the cartoon is asking “Is this the future that we want for Egypt? The company BP in Idku.”
7 Nov 2011 admin -
Britain on Trial – one of the particpants writes….
(Gloria Dawson came along to our Britain on Trial event, organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. Here she writes about her experiences of the day. You can follow Gloria on twitter @g_dawson) I was really excited to go along to ‘Britain on Trial,’ partly because I didn’t know what to expect…
2 Nov 2011 admin -
