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Platform Newsletter – January 2011
PLATFORM newsletter #3 – January 2011 Dear All,Happy new year from everyone in the PLATFORM office! We have lots of exciting plans in the pipeline for 2011, including reports on oil exploration and the arctic, the problematic nature of “energy security”, updates on RBS’ fossil fuel finance, a news study of Shell’s corporate accountability…
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Threat of oil disaster in North Sea, says watchdog
Environmental Business
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Remember Saro-Wiwa Newsletter – January 2011
remember saro-wiwa NEWS ACTION AND EVENTS – JANUARY 2011 Dear RSW supporters, Happy (Old) New Year! Thanks for your support over the last 12 months. With your continued engagement, we look forward to making a bigger impact in 2011. NEWS: Shell Faces Grilling in The Hague Shell was called before the Dutch Parliament today toface questions from lawmakers and…
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Wikileaks cables reveal BP cover-up in Azerbaijan
New Wikileaks cables about another major offshore gas leak in the Caspian give a rare insight into how BP attempts to control the public narratives when it hits crisis and failure. Writing a book about the company’s Caucasus pipelines, we’ve been all over the region, digging for the truth behind these events. Now the sudden…
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Oil activist in DRC slams repression & Perenco secrecy during interview
Pastor Jacques Bakulu has been campaigning against oil companies operating in western Congo for over 20 years. The secretive Anglo-French company Perenco took over Chevron’s concession in 2004 and claims to be producing 25,000 barrels a day. None of its four contracts are publicly available. In February this year Perenco were once again accused of pouring…
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New poetry on climate justice launched: No Condition is Permanent
PLATFORM and African Writers Abroad proudly present 19 poets and 29 poems in a new volume crackling with acute observation and arresting calls to justice. The collection features powerful new work from acclaimed performance-poets Simon Murray (Sai Murai) and Dorothea Smartt, commissioned during PLATFORM’s season “C Words: Carbon, Climate, Capital, Culture” (Arnolfini, Bristol, England in…
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