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  • 22 May 2019 anna

    Statement: don’t frack Patagonia

    Today a delegation of Argentinian officials and businesses is in London to talk about fracking investments. Argentina Solidarity Campaign, Reclaim the Power, and Fossil Free London are coming together to protest the expansion of fracking in Argentina and the role of the UK Government and British companies in this venture. From Lancashire to Sussex communities…

    Statement: don’t frack Patagonia

  • UK-Argentina fracking talks targeted by protest

    For immediate release – 22 May 2019 Platform / Argentina Solidarity Campaign / Reclaim the Power / Fossil Free London Contact: Anna Markova +447942044472 [email protected] Supplementary images available here Protestors’ statement in full: https://platformlondon.org/2019/05/22/statement-dont-frack-patagonia/ Talks between UK and Argentinian officials on investments in shale oil and gas became the target of a protest by climate…

    UK-Argentina fracking talks targeted by protest

  • 15 May 2019 jane
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    Sea Change: Climate emergency, jobs and Managing the Phase-out of UK Oil & Gas Extraction

    This report reveals why UK must stop drilling new oil and gas fields in the North Sea in order to meet Paris climate commitments – and how the transition away from fossil fuels can create decent jobs and revive UK industry.  Published by Platform, Oil Change International, and Friends of the Earth Scotland. Supported by…


  • Of Plastics and Brexit – the struggle against the new lords of oil & gas

    On 16th January 2019 news was leaked through the German paper Handelsblatt of The Alliance to End Plastic Waste. A new industrial coalition that will invest $1billion over the next five years in a campaign to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the world. Here was a powerful body of major corporations determining to…

    Of Plastics and Brexit – the struggle against the new lords of oil & gas

  • 28 Feb 2019 james
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    Silence in the Storm – Business and No Deal Brexit

      The storm in Westminster rages so ferociously that at times it’s hard to hear ourselves think. There is second by second coverage of the House of Commons and Downing Street from every conceivable angle. Backbenchers so obscure that we’ve never heard of them before are dragged through the TV studios and closely cross-questioned. Others…

    Silence in the Storm – Business and No Deal Brexit

  • 26 Nov 2018 anna

    G20 summit in Argentina clashes over climate, fracking continues backstage

    By Observatorio Petrolero Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina. – The G20 summit in Buenos Aires concludes Argentina’s G20 presidency. One of the year’s key themes and controversies has been climate change and the role of fossil fuels. In June the G20 energy ministers signed a communiqué highlighting the role of natural gas in “supporting transitions to lower…

    G20 summit in Argentina clashes over climate, fracking continues backstage

  • Victory at Leith Hill! Divest Fracking! Resisting sites of speculation

    This piece was written before the news of the draconian jail sentences passed on those opposing fracking in Preston, Lancashire … but that bitter ruling does not destroy the reality that shortly before that decision we celebrated a Victory! The News of an Amazing Victory! We wrote of it as follows … The permission to…

    Victory at Leith Hill! Divest Fracking!  Resisting sites of speculation

  • 4 Jun 2018 admin

    Decades of neglect, years of waiting: it’s time to clean up Ogoniland’s oil pollution

    Two years ago, the Nigerian Government officially launched a clean-up programme of Shell’s oil pollution in Ogoniland. But today communities are still waiting for emergency measures on drinking water and health protection and the clean-up to begin. Here’s what Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria had to say about it:…

    Decades of neglect, years of waiting: it’s time to clean up Ogoniland’s oil pollution

  • 14 May 2018 jane
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    Update: The Bus, its seizure and our story

    Here is the latest on the campaign to pressurise Nigeria Customs release the Living Memorial to Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9 known as the Bus. Customs seized the Bus in 2015 and has refused to release it despite the huge efforts and directives described below. The guest blog is written by Celestine AkpoBari, National Coordinator for Ogoni Solidarity…

    Update: The Bus, its seizure and our story

  • 29 Mar 2018 admin

    Win! Mayor of London and More Councils Back Divestment

    Yesterday, the Mayor of London joined the divestment movement. Sadiq Khan announced plans to divest the London Pension Fund from fossil fuels, calling on other London boroughs to do the same. We are seeing a wave of divestment pledges across the capital. Lambeth and Islington Labour have announced divestment commitments in their manifestos. With some local…

    Win! Mayor of London and More Councils Back Divestment