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  Gas is No “Panacea” For Climate Change

  Andy Rowell

  Jun07

  As the old saying goes “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck.” And if it smells like a fossil fuel and is produced by the fossil fuel industry, then it probably is a fossil fuel. So despite the best efforts by the oil…
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  Shell’s Nigerian PR Strategy Exposed

  Andy Rowell

  Nov10

  To mark the 15th Anniversary of the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, we are exposing the public relations tactics that Shell employed to counter criticism of its operations in the country. The evidence is contained in documents collected for the landmark trial last year of Wiwa versus Shell, but they were never made public…
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  Chevron Must Think We Are Stupid

  Andy Rowell

  Oct28

  Sometimes the best laid plans go awry. Oil giant Chevron’s multi-million ad campaign, entitled “We agree” has back-fired badly. What’s worse it has given its critics a real opportunity to spoof the company’s highly misleading adverts.. And boy are they having fun and games. The the spoof campaign is beginning to go viral.

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  The Polluter’s newfound concern for the Poor

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct06

  Two days ago in St. Louis, the head of the largest coal producer in the US, Peabody Energy’s Gregory H. Boyce, delivered the keynote address on ‘The Future of Fossil Fuels’ at the Global Energy Future Symposium at Washington University in St. Louis. His message was to “put people first” by supporting policies that prioritize…
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• Greenwashing Mordor

  Andy Rowell

  Sep28

  So Mordor is getting a makeover. Big-time. There is a concerted, multi-faceted public relations campaign going on to greenwash the tar sands. Dirty black is trying to become virgin white, or so that’s what they want. According to three Albertan cabinet ministers, the tar sands are a “Canadian jewel” that should be celebrated and exploited….
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• Welcome to Canada’s AvaTAR Sands

  Andy Rowell

  Mar05

  For all you romantic film-buffs out there, this week-end’s Oscars is a fight between an ex-husband and wife partnership: James Cameron’s Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt locker. Those rooting for Avatar include a collation of 50 Indigenous and environmental groups who yesterday ran a great advert in the celebrity magazine Variety. Called ‘Canada’s Avatar…
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• We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday … to the Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell

  Feb11

  As much of the Northern Hemisphere remains cold, or if you live in Washington DC blanketed in deep snow, thoughts of a warm Summer holiday spring to mind as something to look forward to. Where shall we go? Most people think of heading to the beach to soak up the sun and relax. Others head…
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• Lord Browne Reveals All

  Andy Rowell

  Feb09

  So the most iconic oilman of his generation, Lord Browne, has finally published his memoirs of his time at BP in a book called “beyond business”. Whilst most of the reviews so far concentrate on him being gay and his fall from grace, we also get glimpses of the power of oil and what it…
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• Now BP Faces Shareholder Revolt Over Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell

  Feb08

  Last month a group of pension funds and asset managers filed a resolution asking Royal Dutch Shell to reconsider its controversial involvement in the dirty tar sands. And now the investors are targeting BP asking it not to invest a massive $10 billion in its Sunrise tar sands development.

• The Angry Mermaid Strikes Back

  Andy Rowell

  Nov16

  All the news reports this morning are that a deal at Copenhagen is dead. Barack Obama has said that we had run out of time to secure a deal in December. This will please the corporate lobbyists no end.  The longer they can delay action on climate the better. But now Copenhagen’s iconic mermaid is…
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