Climate change after the talks in Bonn
Bonn Climate Negotiations The recent UN climate talks in in Bonn have at least moved on from the fiasco at Copenhagen. However, the draft text that emerged at the end of the talks is still seriously flawed. Developing nations in the Group of 77 and China described it as ‘unbalanced’. The text calls for global [...]
The BP catastrophe and mining finance
Offshore Drilling Backlash May Boost Shale, Oil Sands The massive Gulf oil spill may hasten the development of shale gas and oil sands, North America’s two most important emerging energy sources. The risk of pursuing deepwater oil reserves dwarfs the environmental concerns facing both onshore sectors. See http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65D56I20100614. (For information on tarsands, and the destructive [...]
Shell, RBS challenged over tarsands
Shell: investor campaigners strike blow on tar sands Shareholders have fired another warning shot across the bows of an oil major with just under 11% of shareholder votes at today’s annual general meeting of oil giant Shell refusing to back management over the controversial Canadian tar sands issue. See http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/shell_investor_campaigners/. RBS AGM – the aftermath [...]
The Other Oil Disaster: Cancer and Canada’s Tar Sands
I can’t blame you if you’ve never heard of “Ft. Chip” – after all, there are only 1000 residents, and it’s only accessible by plane or boat. But you should hear about it, because what happens there will affect all of us. The town has been suffering for more than ten years from surprisingly high [...]
Actions against RBS
Week of action against RBS Publicly-owned bank RBS was targeted last week for, among other things, its investments in coal, oil, tarsands and UK-registered mining company Vedanta. The company’s AGM was held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28 April. See http://www.sead.org.uk/today-rbs-public-shareholders-take-to-the-eicc, http://www.wdm.org.uk/cleaning-scotlands-banks and http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/node/702. Blog post: Meeting with Philip Hampton, Chairman of RBS by Deborah Doane, [...]
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