A year after Shell was forced into a £55 million settlement with an indigenous community in Nigeria devastated by oil spills, a UK High Court judge has allowed two new such cases to proceed on behalf of some 43,000 subsistence farmers and fishers whose livelihoods have been wiped out by the same cause.
… 53,000 Nigerian oil spill victims press new Shell lawsuits Oliver Tickell | 2nd March 2016 News Oil Energy Pollution Corporations Fishing Farming Indigenous Peoples Nigeria oil-spill-cut.jpg A year after Shell was …
Days after Shell received US Government backing for its plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in the Alaskan Arctic, volunteers from Greenpeace have occupied its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil exploration.
… Ottery Oliver Tickell | 7th April 2015 News Oil Oceans Pollution Regulation USA … Greenpeace have occupied its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil exploration. Six Greenpeace volunteers …
A small community in Uganda is challenging a UN-backed international oil palm venture that has expropriated small farmers and obliterated an entire forest on a Lake Victoria island to establish a vast plantation. Three years after the grab, Friends of the Earth groups are backing the islanders legal action, which is launched today.
… UN, banks and oil palm giants feast on the stolen land of … islanders dispossessed by the IFAD-supervised oil palm plantation that has robbed him of his … is challenging a UN-backed international oil palm venture that has expropriated small …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… 30th November 2016 News Energy Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind … is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while … investments in fossil fuels, in particular oil and gas, in its latest flagship World …
Long-disused oil and gas wells in the US have been found to be a 'significant' source of the super greenhouse gas methane, writes Richard Heasman. The climate impact of oil and gas is underestimated, as this long term impact is not included in existing calculations.
… Disused oil and gas wells wells a major source of … Oliver Tickell | 28th December 2014 News Oil Gas Fracking Climate Change USA UK drake-oil-well-pa-cut.jpg Long-disused oil and gas …
Banks preparing to launch a $400m bond issue for a global palm oil giant with a history of legal violations and broken standards have been warned of their 'high risk client' and the 'extreme and outstanding' social and environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector.
… Banks raising $400m for palm oil expansion 'must examine high risks' Oliver … launch a $400m bond issue for a global palm oil giant with a history of legal violations … and environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector. "Banks and investors …
The Port of Seattle is violating its shoreline permit in allowing Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, according to Seattle officials. The finding could nix Shell's oil drilling plans for the 2015 season.
… Shell's Arctic oil setback - unlawful use of Seattle Port … Oliver Tickell | 5th May 2015 News Transport Oil Arctic Law Corporations Energy … Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, according to Seattle …
The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil pollution in the Niger Delta has been branded 'shameful' by a group of Nigerian and international NGOs.
… Niger Delta oil - Shell ignores horrendous pollution … | 4th August 2014 News Nigeria Corporations Oil Pollution Water Indigenous Peoples Un … failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil …
Indonesia appears to brought rainforest logging under control - but it's all a huge illusion, according to a new EIA report. Traditional logging has been replaced by the mass clearance of rainforest for oil palm plantations, creating massive supplies of hugely profitable but often illegal timber. And lurking beneath the surface is a pervasive network of criminality and corruption.
… Indonesia: palm oil expansion drives massive illegal logging … by the mass clearance of rainforest for oil palm plantations, creating massive … because of monoculture plantations like oil palm." Yet the criminal justice response …
Is it a coincidence that the terrorist outrage in Paris was committed weeks before COP21, the biggest climate conference since 2009? Perhaps, writes Oliver Tickell. But failure to reach a strong climate agreement now looks more probable. And that's an outcome that would suit ISIS - which makes $500m a year from oil sales - together with other oil producers.
… 14th November 2015 News Climate Change Energy Oil War COP21 France Unfccc france-cut.jpg Is … suit ISIS - which makes $500m a year from oil sales - together with other oil producers. The first thing to be said …
Rothamsted Research has applied to field trial GM Camelina plants that make long chain omega-3 fatty acids - an important nutrient currently available only from fish. This poses a dilemma for those who have so far opposed GMO foods.
… GMO 'fish oil' crop trials - how to respond? Oliver … The application to trial the GM Camelina oilseed - a species similar to the well-known oilseed rape - is certain to receive Defra's …
US President Obama today refused to permit the 1,200 mile Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska that would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil a year of tarsands oil into the US, citing climate concerns.
… | 6th November 2015 News USA Canada Energy Oil Tarsands Politics kxl-demo-cut.jpg US … that would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil a year of tarsands oil into the US, citing climate concerns. …
The UK has just opened a bidding round for fracking licences. But the rules contain only weak protections against fracking in National Parks and AONBs - and none at all for even the most important wildlife sites and drinking water aquifers.
… | 28th July 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Oil Gas UK Regulation Politics Pollution Water … A new round of bidding opened up today for oil and gas companies to secure licences to … be carefully balanced against the benefits of oil and gas from unconventional hydrocarbons. …
There are 14.6 million hectares of already deforested land in Indonesian Borneo alone that are suitable for palm cultivation.
… | 23rd October 2013 News Sustainable Palm Oil Natural World Food And Farming There are … of rainforest are cleared to make palm oil plantations. Countless plants and animals … Borneo's rainforests being cleared for palm oil when so much suitable land - greater than …
Are we losing our minds? And could something as simple and inexpensive as diet and lifestyle prevent it from happening? Yes, says Oliver Tickell
… and works best when fed the right kinds of oil and fat. It responds especially badly to … trans fats found principally in hydrogenated oil. A 2003 study in the Archives of … consumption of polyunsaturated vegetable oils were five times likelier to develop …
Alzheimer's disease is on the rise. Some 44 million people worldwide are estimated to have the disease today, at a cost of over $600 billion. By 2050 the number is expected to treble. But could diet and lifestyle changes reduce its incidence?
… Alzheimer's risk landscape. Brain-healthy oils The brain is a fatty organ, and works best when fed the right kinds of oil and fat. It responds especially badly to … trans fats found principally in hydrogenated oil. A 2003 study in the Archives of Neurology …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… 2015 News Energy UK EU Politics Nuclear Coal Oil Renewables Climate Change … next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery. Today was Amber Rudd's … by stimulating deforestation for palm oil. Now we know: he won. A good thing too. As …
Peru has approved the highly controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of isolated Amazon tribes - who will be put at risk of a massive death toll or extinction from introduced diseases.
… indigenous population, has approved plans by oil and gas giants Pluspetrol (Argentina), Hunt Oil (US) and Repsol (Spain) to expand into a … In the beginning, there was Shell ... When oil giant Shell first started explorations in …
Local people are furiously trying to stop a fracking company from drilling near a drinking water reservoir serving tens of thousands of homes, after Northern Ireland planners failed to block Infrastrata's claim for 'permitted development' rights.
… away. NI Water recently granted a 50-year oil & gas lease to Infrastrata claiming that … 'permitted development' rights linked to oil and gas exploration. Planners at the local … concerns in pursuit of the last drop of oil and gas. Standing in solidarity with the …
Who has the longest nose of them all? Worthy winners of France's fiercely contested 'Prix Pinocchio' 2014 were selected last night, recognising corporate greed, hypocrisy and malfeasance, based on a record vote since the awards began.
… November 2014 News Corporations France Energy Oil Coal Fracking Gas Finance … resources." While Shell, like other big oil majors, prides itself on conducting its … says FOEF. It was closely followed by French oil company Perenco, with 31%, for its oil …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
… Tickell | 24th November 2015 News War Energy Oil Gas Politics Syria Turkey Russia US UK … recording the movement of a large amount of oil and petroleum products to Turkey from … ground across the country, seizing key oilfields and associated infrastructure …
The latest text of the Paris Agreement on climate change published today sets 1.5C as its 'long term temperature goal', half a degree lower than previously agreed. It's a big victory for poor 'climate vulnerable' countries - and a blow for Saudi Arabia.
… for global warming. On Thursday night the oil producing giant blocked efforts to include … struggle: climate finance Meanwhile, OPEC oil producing countries are also attempting to … bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, the Saudi Minister of Oil, has said : "In Saudi Arabia, we recognise …
The REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report was published this week. Britain leads the world only in the amount it has cut investment in solar and wind energy. And state subsidies to oil and gas continue to distort the market slow progress to clean energy. OLIVER TICKELL reports
… solar and wind energy. And state subsidies to oil and gas continue to distort the market … percent of transport energy demand is met by oil. These sectors also lack the intensity of … subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Despite numerous high level …
If we are to move beyond the political impasse generated by the IPCC report and prevent catastrophic climate change we must look to market mechanisms, specifically price competitive renewables, writes Oliver Tickell......
… importantly, ever increasing volumes of coal, oil and gas are spewing out of the ground, … by fracking and the development of novel oil resources like the tar sands of Alberta. …