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Compassionate Organising
Exploring barriers to participation in climate action faced by folks who experience racial and/or social marginalisation.
11 Apr 2023 emma -
OFFSHORE: Oil and gas workers’ views on industry conditions and the energy transition
This report builds on a survey of 1,383 offshore oil and gas workers to reveal the impact of Covid-19 on their lives, their views on life in the industry and their hopes and solutions for the energy transition. In addition to an analysis of the survey results, there are eight case studies from the workers…
29 Sep 2020 Kennedy -
Funding Climate Chaos – How Banks Are Continuing To Fund The Climate Crisis
This report is a collaboration between People & Planet, 350.org and Platform. Click here for the report. Executive summary: The financial impact of the Covid-19 crisis, on top of a crash in oil prices, has shown us ever more clearly that economies based on fossil fuels are vulnerable in an emergency. We have to respond…
24 Apr 2020 Kennedy -
More Like Texas: US state involvement in the Vaca Muerta mega-project in Argentina
Read the briefing (pdf) – Leer en castellano (pdf) As US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in June 2018, the aim of US foreign energy policy in Argentina was to help the country become “more like Texas” by bringing US business to work on unlocking Patagonia’s shale oil and gas reserves. The US State Energy…
12 Sep 2019 anna -
Ser como Texas: participación del gobierno de Estados Unidos en el megaproyecto Vaca Muerta
Leer el informe (pdf) – o – Read the briefing in English (pdf) En junio de 2018, el Secretario de Energía, Rick Perry, dijo que el objetivo de la política exterior de Estados Unidos en Argentina era ayudar al país a “parecer más a Texas”, llevando empresas estadounidenses a trabajar en la extracción de las…
12 Sep 2019 anna -
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…
15 May 2019 jane -
Stop UK financing for fracking in Argentina
We’re campaigning to prevent a £1 billion UK government credit line from supporting fracking in Argentina – this primer explains why. Click here to download this flyer as a pdf. Go to platformlondon.org/ukef/ to tell UKEF to stop backing fossil fuels. 🌍🔥😡 £1 billion in taxpayer finance – for what?! 😡🔥🌍 The UK government pledges billions…
27 Nov 2018 anna -
A False Promise of Prosperity
An analysis of UK Prosperity Fund support to the oil and gas industry Based on official Foreign Office data, this briefing reveals that the UK’s Foreign Office spent funds from the Official Development Aid budget to promote shale gas drilling in China, as well as supporting expansion of oil and gas industries in Brazil, Mexico,…
18 Nov 2018 anna -
New Report: “Risky Business: Local Government Pension Funds and the Climate Crisis”
Platform and Friends of the Earth reveal how UK Local Government Pension Funds are failing to protect themselves from the financial risks of climate change. Link to full Climate Risk report click here …
9 Nov 2018 emma -
BP, el dueño oculto de fracking: Pan-American Energy y el mega-proyecto Vaca Muerta
[ingles] [bajar informe en .pdf] Pan American Energy es considerada la mayor empresa petrolera privada de Argentina. Actualmente gestiona el mayor yacimiento de petróleo del país (Cerro Dragón) y es responsable de una cuarta parte de la extracción no convencional de gas en la Provincia de Neuquén. En realidad, PAE pertenece a la multinacional petrolera británica…
7 Dec 2017 anna
