Latest updates Shell, human rights abuses and the Ogoni NineOctober 23, 2018Shell’s long history of pollution and human rights violations in Nigeria includes collaborating with the Nigerian state to bring about the executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine.... Read more...Spoof Shell reps gatecrash Manchester exhibition launchOctober 18, 2018Protesters posing as brand ambassadors for the oil giant Shell greeted guests at the launch of the Manchester Science and Industry Museum (SIM)’s new ‘Electricity: the spark of life’ exhibition, which marked the start of the Manchester Science Festival. The activists at first appeared to promote the company while in fact highlighting how impossible it is to defend Shell’s massive extraction of fossil fuels when the world is facing climate crisis.... Read more...Scientists call out Science Museum over ties to big oilJuly 4, 2018A group that includes many leading climate scientists have lodged a formal complaint with the Science Museum, accusing it of ‘undermining its integrity as a scientific institution’ by partnering with BP, Shell and Statoil despite their continued contribution to climate change.... Read more...West Papua: operating in the middle of a genocideJuly 4, 2018BP’s massive gas extraction project in West Papua is helping to legitimise the region’s illegal occupation by Indonesia.... Read more...Crushing protest in Idku, EgyptJuly 4, 2018BP was initially forced to put a flagship project on hold when, in 2011, residents of the town of Idku mobilised against a plan to build a mega-gas plant next to their homes. But then new repressive laws were introduced and BP went ahead with its original plan – only at a greater profit.... Read more...
