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The white man’s burden and ‘oil for peace’ in Iraq
Take up the White Man’s burden The savage wars of peace Fill full the mouth of Famine and bid the sickness cease. Rudyard Kipling, 1899. – This report was first published in Platform’s Carbon Web newsletter, issue 8. Pressure for Iraq’s controversial oil law intensified throughout the summer, with increasingly overt threats to topple the…
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Sakhalin II Impacts
Shell’s Sakhalin II gas & oil project in far eastern Russia has disrupted the social and economic fabric of local communities, including indigenous communities and local fishermen. Rare and endangered species are being threatened with extinction, including the Western Pacific Gray Whale and Stellar’s Sea Eagle. Shell’s pipeline stretches from the northern tip of Sakhalin…
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Shell’s greed punished in Sakhalin
This analysis report was first published in Platform’s Carbon Web Newsletter, Issue 6. After months of haggling over the Sakhalin II gas project, differences between Shell and the Russian government have been resolved through a change in project ownership. The Russian state gas company Gazprom will become the majority shareholder, while Shell, Mitsubishi and Mitsui…
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Oil-rich South America forces US free trade agenda on the back foot
In a sign of increasing resistance to US hegemony in South America, both Bolivia and Ecuador have moved towards nationalisation of their oil industries – This article was first published in Platform’s Carbon Web Newsletter, Issue 5. Bolivian President Evo Morales in May issued an ultimatum to foreign oil companies to negotiate new contracts or leave…
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The Energy Challenge
The UK government’s Energy Review was published in July, only two years since the last. Few outside the nuclear industry were pleased with its findings – This analysis report was first published in Platform’s Carbon Web Newsletter Issue 5. Despite the focus on new nuclear plants as the solution, the presentation to Parliament by Alistair Darling,…
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BTC Fact Finding Mission Reports
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Shell in Nigeria: oil and gas reserves crisis and political risks: shared concerns for investors and producer-communities
Jointly published by Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, PLATFORM and Stakeholder Democracy Network. Open publication – Free publishing – More christian aid
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Is it worth the risk? A financial analysis of the project
Since the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline was first conceived in the early 1990s, there has been much controversy over whether it is really financially viable. Is it too long and expensive to build? Are the available volumes of oil enough to fill the line? Are the political risks too high? To examine these issues, PLATFORM commissioned…