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Arctic Anxiety – new report on BP’s attempts to drill in the arctic
‘Arctic Anxiety – BP, British foreign policy and the rush for polar oil’ can be downloaded fromhttps://platformlondon.org/aa.pdf In the wake of Thursday´s arbitration ruling that has delayed BP´s Arctic alliance with Rosneft, Foreign Office minutes sourced through FoIA and a new report published by PLATFORM and Greenpeace UK reveal ongoing high-level support for BP without…
25 Mar 2011 admin -
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New report released today – RBS coal finance on launch day of RBS-sponsored Climate Week
Download the report – www.platformlondon.org/dm.pdf Watch the video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuWGg6a__gE Check out the online presentation summary – https://prezi.com/2zc3gxujogli/dirty-money/ All over the world, diverse groups from community activists to schoolchildren, small businesses to faith-based networks, are starting to take action on climate change. Big business is following suit, but often with tactics that bring their integrity into question. Climate…
21 Mar 2011 admin -
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Saro-Wiwa’s Killer Chosen As Chief Justice
On 16 March, Sahara Reporters broke the shocking news that Justice Auta, the judge responsible for sentencing Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activits to death is being appointed as Chief Justice of Nigeria. Justice Ibrahim Auta, the judge who was handpicked by the Abacha regime to head the kangaroo tribunal that sentenced renowned environmentalists…
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BP violated human rights rules, says UK government
Company failed to respond to alleged intimidation by Turkish security forces along its UK-backed Caspian oil pipeline Ruling places BP in breach of loan agreements, say campaigners A BP-led consortium is breaking international rules governing the human rights responsibilities of multinational companies in its operations on the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the UK Government ruled…
9 Mar 2011 admin
