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Tar Sands Dominates BP’s AGM

Oil Giant BP faces a barrage of criticism from investors at today's AGM at the Excel Centre in London Docklands over the environmental cost of its controversial tar sands project in Canada. BP’s showcase presentation to investors and shareholders is...

Pipeline Safety – What One Mother Expects

The BP spill on the North Slope is still reverberating - here is a post to the "safepipelines" discussion group: "You know I get asked all the time variations of; 'what do you expect'. What do you expect us to...

BP: Rich Financial Rewards, Great Reputation but at What Cost?

BP is on course this year to announce the largest profits ever by a British company, with annual profits of over $21bn (£12bn). This is despite the company taking a billion dollar hit over the fallout from Hurricane Katrina. The...

DRC in Flames, Big Oil in Fortune

Congo's vital rainforest and peatlands are to face destruction from 52 new oil blocks. This plunder is likely to fuel conflict and displacement, enriching Big Oil Companies and complicit leaders. The DRC cannot be a sacrifice zone. We need to...

Tar Sands Companies “Selling Crown Jewels” to Survive

Desperate times mean desperate measures. Something has to give. With no end in sight to the low oil price, Canadian tar sands companies are having to sell what are being described as their “jewels in the crown” in order just...