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An ill wind blows
We know there is a vocal minority of anti-wind campaigners out there, who still cannot see the irony in their statements that wind turbines will destroy their local environment, even in the face of serious flooding across the UK being the latest in a series of ‘funny weathers’ that have gripped the globe this year…
23 Sep 2012 Kevin -
Shell’s 2012 Arctic drilling shelved
Last week, I wrote about Shell’s dubious ‘historic’ achievement in commencing the first drill hole off the coast of Alaska in the past two decades. Later the same day, Shell announced that it had to stop drilling due to ice approaching the drillship. Now, they’ve had to cancel this year’s drilling altogether. A company update…
17 Sep 2012 anna -
Shell commences Arctic drilling, US regulator releases ‘skimpy’ permit report
“It’s the first time a drill bit has touched the sea floor in the U.S. Chukchi Sea in more than two decades,” – a Shell spokesperson said as the company announced its “historic” first test well in offshore Alaska. And now is not a good time. Shell’s permit to drill was conditional on the company’s…
10 Sep 2012 anna -
Show us the money – will Dodd Frank force oil companies to reveal payments
Last Wednesday oil and gas lobbyists had a very bad day in the office when new US laws were introduced requiring the extractives sector to publish the payments they make to host governments. Industry groups had been aggressively lobbying to water down the regulations and succeeded in delaying their introduction by 16 months. But last…
28 Aug 2012 emma -
Oil money and the Academy
A guest blog post by Dr Alice Bell, an academic and writer interested in relationships between science and the public. She blogs at https://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/ and you can follow her on Twitter @AliceBell BP is to invest £64 million to set up an International Centre for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM) based at the University of Manchester. It…
23 Aug 2012 Kevin -
Dutch politicians investigate Shell on Nigeria allegations
Business Day – August 23, 2012
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Nigeria: Shell Spent 40 Percent of Global Security Budget On Nigeria
All Africa – August 21, 2012
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Controversial Cairo PPP refinery receives $3.7 billion from World Bank, EIB, EFG Hermes
A refinery expansion inside urban Cairo is receiving hundreds of dollars in "development" lending, despite a popular campaign against construction. The Mostorod Refinery Project – part-owned by private equity firm Citadel Capital – is situated in Northern Cairo, between Shobra El-Kheima and Mostorod. Opposition to the public-private partnership has focused on forced evictions, pollution and…
18 Jun 2012 mika -
Is BP trying to pull a “climategate” with Gulf research emails?
Two oceanographers are accusing BP of attacking academic freedom after a subpoena from the company forced them to hand over more than 3,000 confidential emails relating to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. After BP and the Coast Guards asked Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for help in order to assess the magnitude of the damage caused by…
6 Jun 2012 Kevin
