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Shell’s involvement in the arts targeted twice in one week
It was an embarrassing week for all of those involved in Shell’s sponsorship of London’s cultural institutions. On the evening of Friday 1st March 2013, a group of singers and musicians called Shell Out Sounds made an unexpected musical intervention at the Southbank Centre, during the interval of a Shell-sponsored performance by members of the Berliner…
13 Mar 2013 admin -
Photo story of Fares road blockades and resistance to Dana Gas
Residents of the village of Fares near Aswan have suffered from collapsing homes, a flooded school and ruined orchards, after mysterious waters started rising out of the ground. The puddles and ponds started to appear after oil company Dana Gas began conducting seismic testing in the mango groves next to Fares. For several years, the…
11 Mar 2013 admin -
التكالب على بترول مصر
فى مقر نادى مرتفعات القطامية، وسط المروج الخُضر المشذبة وملعب الجولف، ناقش مديرون تنفيذيون من جنسيات مختلفة، جنبا إلى جنب مع مسئولين حكوميين اتفاقيات من شأنها تحديد مآل مليارات الدولارات؛ هل تستقر فى خزائن خاصة أم تذهب للخزانة العامة. تغييرات بسيطة فى عقد واحد قد تؤدى إلى إحداث فارق يزيد على الخمسة مليارات من الدولارات،…
7 Mar 2013 admin -
Report: Shell gushed cash on Nigeria security
Al Jazeera – August 20, 2012
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Nigeria took 40 pct of Shell security spend in late 2000s-NGO
Reuters – August 20, 2012
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Shell paid Nigeria millions to guard oil facilities
AFP – August 20, 2012
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Shell spending millions of dollars on security in Nigeria, leaked data shows
The Guardian – August 19, 2012
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Shell ‘paying tens of millions to Nigerian security forces’
The Telegraph – August 19, 2012
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Shell suspends Arctic drilling for 2013
We’re celebrating Shell’s announcement that the drilling programme in the Alaskan Arctic has been halted for the year! Here are a few perspectives on why this has happened and what’s going to happen next… 1) Company public relations describe this as an effort to ensure the drilling is safe: “Shell remains committed to building an…
28 Feb 2013 anna
