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Full interview from Spoonfed on oil and arts sponsorship
Last week Spoonfed covered the oil sponsorship of the arts debate – here is the interview Tom Jeffreys did with PLATFORM in full: 1. What impact does sponsorship by, say, BP have on your view of an arts instituion and the work it exhibits? Tate is currently working hard to cut their carbon emissions and share information…
22 Aug 2011 admin -
BBC: Shell spill: what happened & why it matters to Shell
An in depth account of the Shell’s North Sea oil spill – the largest in a decade – and why it matters, by BBC Business News, with mention of Platform, Greenpeace & others. Shell spill: What happened and why it matters to Shell By Damian KahyaBusiness reporter, BBC News Environmental groups are furious that the…
19 Aug 2011 admin -
RBS finances cluster munitions – Amnesty International
Amnesty International are launching a campaign to stop RBS finance for cluster munitions. AI report that RBS provided finance worth $80 million last year, despite having signed up to a treaty banning cluster bombs. Support their campaign here.
19 Aug 2011 admin -
Oil spill exposes Shell’s ticking timebomb
The Gannet Alpha spill in the North Sea is a stark reminder of the dangers of ageing rigs and oil company PR
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Nigeria could lose billions under new oil law
Today, the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) warned that Nigeria stands to lose billions of dollars in oil revenue over the coming years if the new oil law, the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed unamended. “NEITI does not see the rationale for passing a bill that is designed to reduce government revenue from petroleum operations…
17 Aug 2011 admin -
Top 5 reasons why tar sands cover-up “ethicaloil.org” is a seriously dirty trick
The “Ethical Oil” advertising website promoting Canadian tar sands was launched last month. Neocon political communications advisor Alykhan Velshi’s rebrand of tar sands draws up a myth of “ethical oil” in opposition to the so-called “conflict oil” elsewhere in the world. It looks at first like a Yes Men-style parody of some of the pro-tar sands…
17 Aug 2011 admin -
Oil spill exposes Shell’s ticking timebomb
For Shell, the timing of a spill at its Gannet A facility in the UK North Sea couldn’t have been worse. For months, it has been selling its reputation as a responsible and cutting-edge oil company in its bid to drill in the Beaufort Sea in the US Arctic – and it recently won approval. Read our…
17 Aug 2011 admin -
Spoonfed on corporate sponsorship of the arts
Great piece by Tom Jeffreys with several quotes from Kevin Smith of Platform exploring the various facets and complexities of corporate sponsorship of the arts, looking at ethics and censorship issues. A useful reference is made to the dropping of Trafigura from the Young Masters art prize – “Sponsorship relationships with brands of this sort…
16 Aug 2011 admin -
Aljazeera: UN slams Shell over Nigeria pollution
Aljazeera produced this excellent video about Shell’s oil spills in Ogoni. In it, Ledum Mittee of MOSOP (the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) calls on the Nigerian government to revoke Shell’s licence.
15 Aug 2011 admin
