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Knowledge and Power – Fossil Fuel Universities
Download the report here Cutting-edge research creates our technological future, and education forms tomorrow’s workforce. Right now, our future crucially hinges on our society’s ability to go fossil-free, but UK universities are deeply entangled in the fossil fuel industry: UK universities have a combined investment wealth of £62.2 billion. Conservative estimates suggest £1.9 billion of…
19 Oct 2013 admin -
Armed Extraction: The UK Military in Nigeria
A UK government official has raised questions over the impact of UK military aid to Nigeria, admitting that “we’ll never know how effective it is.” The government has provided escalating levels of military aid to Nigerian troops patrolling the volatile Niger Delta region, where western companies like Shell have extracted oil for decades. The UK’s…
17 Aug 2013 admin -
Europe’s Gas Grab – the Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline
In this illustrated leaflet we follow the route of the Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline – meeting people who are talking out against the pipeline and the impact it will have on their lives. The leaflet joins the dots between climate change, human rights abuses and fuel poverty. It talks about the impacts of the pipeline in…
15 Aug 2013 admin -
How fossil-fueled is your university? Take part in our research!
Many UK universities support the fossil fuel industry both directly and indirectly through their research, their endowments and investments and their partnerships with companies like BP and Shell. We are campaigning to expose and sever these links – and we are asking for your help! People & Planet and Platform are trying to collect as…
1 Jul 2013 anna -
Europe’s Keystone XL? The Planned Mega-pipeline
Behind the closed doors of company boardrooms and government offices a mega-pipeline is being planned and promoted. This huge piece of infrastructure would carry gas over 4,000 kilometres from the Caspian Sea to central Europe, and in the process would lock Europe into gas dependency for at least the next 35 years. Such a project…
27 Jun 2013 admin -
Shell: Global Mega-Frackers
This briefing compiles numerous examples of Shell fracking around the world, but does not claim to be an exhaustive list. By timing the release with Yoko Ono’s involvement in the Meltdown Festival at the Shell-sponsored Southbank Centre, we hope to: Increase awareness of the enormous role that Shell is playing in expanding fracking operations all…
14 Jun 2013 admin -
Russian Roulette: International Oil Company Risk in the Russian Arctic
International Oil Companies (IOCs) face pressure from investors to achieve a positive reserves replacement ratio. With governments around the world increasingly asserting control over natural resources in their territory, as well as conventional oil reserves dwindling, the Arctic is one of the frontier areas targeted by IOCs. In Russia, IOCs have entered a number of…
21 Apr 2013 anna -
Take the Money and Run? Some positions on ethics, business sponsorship and making art
Is any money free from exerting an influence on the artist or art it enables? Is all money equally ‘good’ or ‘bad’, regardless of the source? In this Live Art Development Agency Study Room Guide, Jane Trowell from Platform has selected some key texts that are useful in helping to position yourself ethically with regard…
16 Apr 2013 admin -
Making a Killing: Oil Companies, Tax Avoidance and Subsidies
Oil company mega-profits are being made at the expense of the public purse, as youth centres shut, hospitals struggle and the queues at food banks grow. Companies like BP & Shell receive major government support including direct subsidies and military and diplomatic services, but seem to pay very small amounts of UK tax in comparison…
16 Feb 2013 admin
