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New Research Reveals That Shell Is World’s Most Carbon Intensive Oil Company
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19th May, 2009 London – Research by four leading environmental organizations released today to coincide with Royal Dutch Shell’s Annual General Meeting, reveals the carbon intensity of the top international oil companies. Shell is now the most carbon intensive oil company in the world based on its total resources. The research examined…
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Shell under fire as trial approaches
London- One week ahead of Shell’s trial for human rights abuses, including the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa, activists turned up the heat on Shell at their AGM. Spectacular fire juggling brought Shell’s gas flaring in the Niger Delta to the attention of shareholders as they entered the Barbican where the UK AGM was held. The…
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Activists put Shell under fire as trial approaches
London & Den Haag With one week to go until Shell stand trial in New York for human rights abuses including the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa, activists will turn up the heat on Shell at their AGM next Tuesday 19th May. Spectacular fire-breathing performance and protests in London will bring Shell’s gas flaring in the…
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Activists Put Shell Under Fire As Trial Approaches
Protests planned for Shell’s annual shareholder meeting FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 14th May, 2009 London & Den Haag – With one week to go until Shell stand trial in New York for human rights abuses including the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa, activists will turn up the heat on Shell at their Annual General Meeting next Tuesday…
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ShellGuilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable for Gas Flaring in Advance of Wiwa v Shell Trial
Ads demand Shell finally end gas flaring that Ken Saro-Wiwa died trying to stop; they will begin running in New York City this week New York City The ShellGuilty campaign announced today it will begin running TV ads in New York City this week to hold Shell accountable for its continued toxic gas flaring in…
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ShellGuilty: International Coalition Targets Shell At Jazz Fest For Human Rights And Environmental Wrong Doing
ShellGuilty campaign demands Shell clean up in Louisiana and Nigeria FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24th April 2009 NEW ORLEANS—Amplifying demands by environmentalists in Louisiana that Shell clean up the coast, campaigners have launched www.ShellJazzFest.com, a mock version of the official Jazz Fest website that tells the truth about Shell’s human rights and environmental record. In addition…
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13 Apr 2009 adminLinks
Remember Saro-Wiwa works with a broad range of allied or partner organisations. If your organisation would like to work in partnership or support us in this way, please contact us. Remember Saro-Wiwa Links »Justice In Nigeria Now -based in San Francisco, JINN holds multinational oil companies to account for the human rights and environmental impacts…
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‘ShellGuilty’ Campaign Launched As Shell Trial Date Confirmed
Campaigners demand Shell end illegal gas flaring that Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa died trying to stop LONDON—Days after a judge confirmed Shell Oil will stand trial in New York on May 27th on charges it was complicit in the murders of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists, environmental and human rights groups announced that…
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Human rights case puts Shell on trial for Saro-Wiwa murder
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 6 April 2009 On May 27th 2009, oil multinational Shell could stand trial in a Federal District Court in New York for complicity in human rights abuses in Nigeria, including the summary execution of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his Ogoni colleagues on November 10th 1995. The other…
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Whose Bank? Our Bank! – RBS & the Future
This article was first published in Platform’s Carbon Web newsletter, issue 11. Between October 2008 and March 2009, the Treasury pumped £33 billion of public money into ‘bailing out’ the Royal Bank of Scotland, to the point where the bank is now 90% owned by the UK taxpayer. Yet the government continues to insist that…