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BP and Shell Targeted in Arts Protests
Andy Rowell, April 23, 2013
Both BP and Shell’s cynical “reputation-cleansing” via sponsorship has once again been challenged by activists.
3 Years On, BP’s Lethal Legacy Continues
Andy Rowell, April 15, 2013
Three years on, BP's spill is still having an devastating legacy in the Gulf
BP’s $9 Billion Spill Tax Scam
Andy Rowell, February 27, 2013
BP could settle the Deepwater Horizon spill trial and offset a whopping $9 billion against it tax bill
“BP was blinded by greed”
Andy Rowell, February 26, 2013
After months of delay, the trial of the century finally opened yesterday in New Orleans. Outside rows of protesters had banners with "Restore the Gulf", "#makeBPpay", and "Never Forget".
“Overwhelming evidence that BP is grossly negligent”
Andy Rowell, February 25, 2013
Today, nearly three years after BP’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon spill, which claimed eleven lives and led to the largest oil spill in US history, the company is finally due in the dock.
The Math Means No KXL
Andy Rowell, November 19, 2012
Over 3,000 people marched around the White House yesterday with a simple message for President Obama: Say no once and for all to the KXL.
We Should All Scrutinise BP’s Oil Road
Andy Rowell, October 15, 2012
The Oil Road is a rich, rewarding read. It is a written in a poetic, fluid style that seamlessly weaves an engaging personal story into the current geo-politics of oil aggression and the recent volatile recent history of the region.
BP sued “for hiding truth” over Deepwater
Andy Rowell, September 4, 2012
BP’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico refuses to go away. The Daily Telegraph in the UK is reporting that BP is being sued for tens of millions of dollars in America US by institutional investors. The investors – the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, Skandia Global Funds and GAM Fund Management –...
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A Wind Turbine for the Turbine Hall
Andy Rowell, July 9, 2012
Sometimes the best things in life are so simple. What better way to protest against the sponsorship of the arts by Big Oil than to undertake your own protest art installation? And what is more fitting than a real wind turbine – a symbol of renewable energy – for the huge modern turbine hall of...
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BP and the Attack on Academic Freedom
Andy Rowell, June 7, 2012
Two leading oceanographers who worked on the impact of BP’s devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill have accused BP of attacking academic freedom after the oil giant successfully subpoenaed thousands of confidential emails related to their research. The two scientists, Richard Camilli and Christopher Reddy, from the respected Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, have had to give...
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