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The other offshore tax regime
The lobby machine kicked into action following the announcement by George Osbourne of plans to raise £10 billion over the next 5 years from the oil industry. Ex-PLATFORMer Greg Muttitt, author of the forthcoming book Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq explains in this guest blog why the outraged claims of the oil…
6 Apr 2011 admin -
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The Black Gold Injustice: A Permanent Condition
The Black Gold Injustice: A Permanent Condition? *Race * Poverty * Environment * Justice * Action* Join a new series of events to explore how our daily lives connect to climate change in Africa, the Caribbean and beyond A global economy based on fossil fuels will lead to more natural disasters, resource wars and scorched frontiers…
1 Apr 2011 admin -
BP’s botched Arctic deal and the extent of the Foreign Office’s support
An article on the front page of the Business Section of the Telegraph today has used Freedom of Information requests obtained by PLATFORM to show how BP has used the Foreign Office to cement a controversial deal in Russia, even when the legality of the deal was in doubt. A Channel 4 Dispatches episode this evening by investigative journalist…
28 Mar 2011 admin -
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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 -
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…
17 Mar 2011 admin
