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8 Feb 2021 adminTaking Control: Building oil and gas workers’ power in the energy transition
Do you work in the offshore oil and gas industry? Have you worked in the industry in the past? Join our workshops to determine what a just energy transition looks like and learn how we can fight for our demands. First workshop: Saturday 13 March 2021 10:00am – 1:00pm over Zoom. Our report, OFFSHORE: Oil…
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Press Release: Councils suffer £2bn hit to pension funds due to oil investments
New analysis reveals that £1.75 billion was wiped off UK council pension funds due to their oil investments crashing over the past three years. Platform London commissioned Transition Economics to conduct the analysis [1], which showed that * The combined investments by 56 local government pension funds into nine leading oil companies, including BP and…
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Healing Separation, Mobilising Desire
Live event marking 25 years since the murder of Ken-Saro Wiwa.
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PRESS RELEASE: 81% of Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Consider Leaving the Industry: Campaigners Urge Government to Consult Workforce on Shift in Renewable Energy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28.09.2020 81% OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS WORKERS CONSIDER LEAVING THE INDUSTRY: CAMPAIGNERS URGE GOVERNMENT TO CONSULT WORKFORCE ON SHIFT TO RENEWABLE ENERGY Major survey of offshore oil and gas workers reveals that four in five would consider moving to work in another industry. Workers’ biggest concern for their future career…
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26 May 2020 adminLiberation
Just Transition in the North Sea Platform’s Just Transition campaign seeks a well-managed phase out of oil and gas production in the North Sea. This includes preventing future oil licensing rounds, halting fossil fuel subsidies and, most importantly, ensuring that Just Transition measures are implemented during the phase out (i.e. large-scale job creation in…