Carbon Web Newsletter Issue 8 October 24th 2007
Welcome to your new look Carbon Web Newsletter
Now in its third year, Issue 8 marks a change in the way we explore the Carbon Web. We hope that by focusing on feature articles and analysis we can ignite debate. We encourage readers to respond to articles - by letter, or by writing an article for the next issue.
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CONTENTS
FEATURE
Yasuni - Our Future in Their Hands?
Esperanza Martinez of Oil Watch, Quito, explores resource sovereignty in Ecuador and its implications for the rest of the world
OBITUARY
Anita Roddick - A Fellow Nigerian
The Nigerian writer and educator Ike Okonta payes tribute to the late Anita Roddick.
ANALYSIS
Exit Strategy - BP and the Fuelling of Heathrow
PLATFORM's James Marriot maps the role of BP in the aviation age in a presentation delivered at this year's Climate Camp.
'Oil for Peace' and the White Man's Burden in Iraq
Kipling’s famous poem defended imperialism on grounds of humanitarian racial supremacy. It’s hard not to see the same mentality in today’s debates on Iraq, writes Greg Muttitt.
CAMPAIGNS
RBS - Hot Under the Corporate Collar
The target of multiple direct actions in 26 cities across the UK this month, RBS feels the heat for financing climate change. Mika Minio reports.
Year Zero in St James'
Tony Hayward’s cultural revolution at BP has begun...