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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Delayed by a week, the Royal Bank of Scotland will now launch its 2007 Corporate Responsibility (CSR) Report on Friday 11 July. A coalition of environmental NGOs, including Friends of the Earth Scotland and People & Planet, pre-empted its publication by casting doubt on the bank’s green credentials in light of its ongoing role in financing fossil fuel expansion around the world. In 2007 RBS supported the fossil fuel industry with over $7 billion, while the bank’s embedded missions passed 50 million tonnes of CO2 – more than Scotland.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
ANALYSIS - The real significance of the Oil Ministry's announced bid round
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Protest at annual shareholder meeting
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Monday, May 12, 2008
A fundraiser for Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign and Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
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Places
Iraq - النفط في العراق
Revealing the hidden plans for Iraq's reserves
Former Soviet Union
* Baku Ceyhan Pipeline
* Shell's Sakhalin II
Nigeria
The legacy of 50 years of oil production in the Niger Delta?
London
London's role as a centre for the global oil industry.
Issues
Resource Sovereignty
Who should own and control oil resources? Corporations? Governments? Communities?
Finance & Oil
Who provides the financial fuel that drives Big Oil?
Oil & Poverty
Why do most oil exporting developing countries fail to lift their people out of poverty?