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Sunday, July 25, 2010
New research released today finds that transforming the Royal Bank of Scotland into the Green Investment Bank would kick start the green energy revolution. The research, by former Pricewaterhouse Coopers consultant, James Leaton, finds that it would bring 50, 000 new green jobs a year, increase efficiency, reduce the UK's carbon emissions and improve international competitiveness - whilst not increasing the budget deficit.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
How to win ‘the battle of the story’ in campaigning, movement organizing and changing the world!
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Monday, June 28, 2010
A letter today was published in the Guardian today signed by 171 figures from the art world condemning BP’s sponsorship of cultural institutions in the UK. The letter has been published on the day that Tate Britain is hosting a party to celebrate 20 years of BP’s sponsorship.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
New release to co-incide with Tate Summer Party celebrating 20 years of BP sponsorship.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Confidential oil contracts held by UK companies Tullow and Heritage in the Democratic Republic of Congo were leaked today, revealing the danger of economic rip-off and rights abuses in one of Africa's most unstable countries. The PSAs are accompanied by PLATFORM's legal analysis, ''A Lake of Oil - Congo's controversial contracts compromise rights, environment & safety'' in English & French. Tullow and the British government have been pushing a deal which threatens to inflame conflict, increase gas flaring and cut Congolese revenues by $10 billion.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Les contrats confidentiels pour le pétrole du lac Albert des entreprises britanniques et d'un consortium rival mené par l'Afrique du Sud ont été divulgués aujourd'hui, révélant un danger d'arnaque économique et d'abus des droits humains en Ituri. La divulgation des contrats pétroliers du lac Albert révèle la menace de guerre des ressources, de destruction environnementale en Ituri et d'exploitation économique en RDC. Corruption - des alliés stratégiques de Kabila s'apprêtent à accumuler des milliards en tant que partenaires de permis. Tullow et l'ambassade britannique appuient un accord controversé qui pourrait réduire les revenus du Congo de plus de 10 milliards de dollars. Contrat rival de Divine Inspiration comprend des paiements en nature à la FARDC
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Places
Iraq - النفط في العراق
Revealing the hidden plans for Iraq's reserves
Former Soviet Union
* Baku Ceyhan Pipeline
* Shell's Sakhalin II
Nigeria
The legacy of 50 years of oil production in the Niger Delta?
London
London's role as a centre for the global oil industry.
Issues
Resource Sovereignty
Who should own and control oil resources? Corporations? Governments? Communities?
Finance & Oil
Who provides the financial fuel that drives Big Oil?
Oil & Poverty
Why do most oil exporting developing countries fail to lift their people out of poverty?