It is the latest twist in the on-going soap opera of Ecuadorian oil. You have the Indigenous Indians fighting in the courts in a multi-billion battle against Texaco’s lethal toxic legacy – a battle that has been going on for...
The first days of Donald Trump's presidency reveal a calculated strategy by Trump and his billionaire backers to consolidate power and dismantle the democratic systems that protect us. These attacks threaten every aspect of life we fight for – from...
A small community of French-speaking Native Americans, who have lived on the low-lying Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana for generations, have become America’s first official climate refugees.
Earlier this month, BP’s beleaguered Chief Executive Bob Dudley warned that the falling oil price had created a “raging gale” for the oil industry which could last for years.
Eighteen months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we have another country threatening to ban an oil company after a deep water spill. Yesterday it was Brazil's turn to say it might ban Chevron from drilling in its deep water oilfields...
OK, this week is turning into a tar sands one. The Koch brothers may be keen on cooking the climate by investing in the tar sands, but the EU is one place they may not be able to sell their...
When Bob Dudley takes over the reins at BP on Friday he will face a daunting task and a bulging in-tray. He will be aware that his new job is a personal poisoned chalice, having effectively destroyed the careers of...
It is a damning document that may well decide Tony Hayward’s fate. It will certainly give him sleepless nights before his Congressional appearance on Thursday. Remember what Hayward said a few weeks ago. “This was not our accident … This...
The headlines from BP’s Strategy presentation yesterday are all about how chief executive Tony Hayward promised to boost annual profits by $3bn over the next two or three years. In a frank admission, Hayward said that BP’s financial importance over...
Oil companies are threatening three iconic and critically important African deltas: the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Saloum in Senegal, and Okavango in Botswana. We’re launching a new website to support the ongoing fights to protect the deltas.
