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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…
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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…
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North Sea oil: The unmentionable climate emergency scandal… until now
We’re in a climate emergency – so why is the UK aiming to extract 20 more billions of barrels of oil?! Our research, out today, shows just how far out of touch with reality this plan is – and what the UK needs to do instead, not only to protect the climate, but also workers’…
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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…
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Report: UK oil and gas drilling plans incompatible with responding to climate emergency
Wednesday 15 May 2019 Contact: Anna Markova // Platform // [email protected] // 07942044472 Greg Muttitt // Oil Change International // [email protected] // 07508 421 527 Connal Hughes // Friends of the Earth Scotland // [email protected] // 0131 243 2715 Download report The UK’s oil and gas drilling plans are incompatible with responding to the climate…
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Iraq, BP and the British Museum – look upon these works and hang our heads in shame
I had read in advance the briefing that Culture Unstained had put out to accompany the planned action. The protest at the British Museum was to be against BP’s sponsorship of the exhibition ‘I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria’, a display of treasures from the land of Iraq. I read lines…
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9 Feb 2019 JamesOf Climate and Memory – Extinction Rebellion and Doreen Massey
We drive slowly down the winding lane that leads across the flat landscape on the northern flank of the Solway Firth in the county of Dumfries & Galloway. As we move onto the farmland of Preston Merse, we are distracted by the red stone ruin of Wreaths Tower. All that remains of the craggy weathered…
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PHOTOS: ‘Fracking rig’ & 10-metre projection protests fossil fuel finance on doorstep of UK government export body
Contact: Eliana Harrigan, Fossil Free London, +44 7541507517. Anna Markova, Platform, [email protected], +447942044472 Images available, credit Alban Grosdidier. As G20 governments gear up for their summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the climate talks are set to get underway in Katowice, the UK’s export finance department (UKEF) was hit by protests yesterday over its financing of oil…
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UKEF: don’t frack Patagonia, don’t fund fossil fuels
The UK government pledges billions of pounds every year in finance for UK businesses abroad through UK Export Finance (UKEF). In 2017 UKEF announced a new £1 billion credit line for UK businesses working in Argentina, with then minister Greg Hands stressing that “the UK’s expertise in areas like infrastructure, green energy and healthcare” were…
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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…
