A major two- year investigation by EarthRights International has found further, compelling evidence linking oil giants Total and Chevron to forced labour, killings, and high-level corruption in Burma. The important report, called Total Impact, documents how Total and Chevron’s highly...
Well who would have guessed it? Just weeks ago I watched the Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill bristle with honesty and defiance when he said he had released the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi purely and solely on compassionate grounds....
It’s not often that a company’s public relations strategy is laid bare for all to see. It’s very rare that these most sensitive of company documents – the ones that talk of using the dark arts of persuasion - ever...
Much to the utter dismay of climate scientists, the British Government is to announce a new generation of coal-fired power plants to stave off a potential energy crisis. The plants will also use unproven carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology...
As the world watches and waits to see what happens at the G20 today, but if you are worried about climate, you are looking at the wrong place. You should be looking to see what happens at Bonn instead. Anything...
Finally, slowly but surely the oil majors are getting what they want in Iraq. Forced into action over the low oil price, Iraq's government is proposing to give foreign oil companies a majority stake in projects developing oil and gas...
It may be nine months before the main event, but leading climate scientists are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the latest scientific research and developments. The findings will be used to inform the politicians when they meet at the crucial...
On the 4th January 1993, some 300,000 Ogoni celebrated the Year of Indigenous Peoples by peacefully protesting against Shell's activities and environmental destruction of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. It remains the largest demonstration against an oil company ever. "We...
It is over fifty years ago when the then Chief Executive of General Motors, Charles Wilson, famously told the Senate in 1953 that “for years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and...
In May 1998, 121 unarmed youths from the 42 communities of Ilajeland in the Niger Delta decided to join the waves of protests against the oil companies sweeping the region. Whereas many of the previous protests had been against Shell,...
