As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… How oil and corruption have become so closely linked … October 2011 News Oil Arctic Natural World Corruption Politics And Economics Transparency … from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees …
Weeks after a major legal victory in London's High Court over oil-polluted communities in Nigeria, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, Shell has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortunes as Italian prosecutors charge the company, and Italy's Eni, on corruption charges over a $1.3 billion oil deal.
… Shell, Eni hit with Nigerian oil deal corruption charges Joe Sandler Clarke … charge the company, and Italy's Eni, on corruption charges over a $1.3 billion oil … oil giants Shell and Eni with international corruption offences, as the companies struggle …
Covid-19 and the fall in oil prices has pushed Iraq towards calamity, underlining the urgency of ending the country's fossil fuel dependency.
… | 24th July 2020 News Iraq Oil Fossil Fuels Corruption Protest International Tankers at … fail so dismally to provide for its people? Corruption After more than five months, the … Principal among these causes is ending the corruption that scars our nation. Iraq is one …
Italian prosecutors have raided Shell's offices to investigate the suspicious acquisition of a huge offshore oil field in Nigeria, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The oil block, sold by the Government for $20 million to a shell company owned by the oil minister, was later acquired for $1.1 billion by Shell and Eni.
… Public Prosecutor's office for 'international corruption' offences. The alleged offences are … with Nigerian activist Dotun Oloko and anti-corruption campaigners at Re:Common and Corner … and Eni have always denied knowledge of the corruption at the heart of this deal, but …
It was all going so well for Chevron - a New York court had ruled that a $9.5 billion judgment against it set by Ecuador's supreme court for massive pollution deep in the Amazon was corrupt and fraudulent. But then its star witness broke ranks and admitted, in another court, that he had lied, and the only bribes were coming from Chevron. Will Ecuador's pollution victims finally get justice?
… fabricating an elaborate story of bribery, corruption and ghostwriting to strike back. … more thorough evidence rebutting Chevron's corruption allegations ... There's a very real …
Sanctions against Russian natural resource tycoons could be good for the environment, writes eco-campaigner Konstantin Rubakhin - if only they would target the right people. But so far, the EU has been turning a blind eye to powerful Kremlin insiders with an open licence to pollute and destroy.
… into places unsuitable for human life. Corruption has really stopped Russia … into places unsuitable for human life. Corruption is practically the main export of … conflict is a consequence of this total corruption. Because of this, it is better to …
Greenpeace are calling for a curb on Arctic oil exploration in order to save this fragile wilderness
… NEWS ANALYSIS Arctic special How oil and corruption have become so closely linked As a … from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees …
Former Shell oil boss Mark Moody Stuart's ableptic, self-satisfied book on 'responsible leadership' left Danny Chivers seething. The sooner we stop caring about the opinions of the Moody-Stuarts of this world, he concludes, the sooner we're likely to improve it.
… bemoans the problems caused by government corruption in oil-producing states and shares … like labour rights, environmental issues and corruption. All the companies need to do to …
After six decades of oil exploitation, Nigeria's failure to provide for its citizens and develop its economy has exposed a hollowed-out state that benefits only the politicians and plutocrats, writes Joshua Goldfond. This is the environment in which Boko Haram has flourished, and as Nigeria proves incapable of effective action or reform, there's no end in sight to the nation's misery.
… accommodate this exploding sector. Government corruption festers with the help of foreign …
Peru's government is actively undermining indigenous peoples' efforts to protect their forests - by refusing to title 20 million hectares of their lands and turning a blind eye to illegal logging. At the same time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil production and planning 50 major forest-flooding dams.
… basins, after 40 years of oil operations. Corruption and criminality at the heart of …
It's not a question of ‘if' a major spill will occur in the Arctic, but ‘when and where', says conservation biologist and oil industry expert Rick Steiner
… NEWS ANALYSIS Arctic special How oil and corruption have become so closely linked As a … from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees …
Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the 'Chernobyl of the Amazon'
… other members of the Ecuador legal team of corruption. 'We expect the continuation and …
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers.
… 7th November 2007 News Shell Oil Business Corruption Corporate CO2 Friends Of The Earth …
Mining and oil drilling are essential to the industrial world - but they are also linked with severe environmental and social damage, not to mention corruption. Clare Short, chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, spoke to Alex Stevenson.
… and social damage, not to mention corruption. Clare Short, chair of the …
The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the impoverished East African country. But before the oil has even started pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment plague the sector. Alice Klein reports from Hoima
… pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment …
The Oglala Lakota people are victims of poverty, government violence, land theft and alcohol, writes Camila Ibanez. Yet 114 years after the massacre at Wounded Knee, they are still there, and still fighting. Now the battle is over the Keystone XL pipeline ...
Dead or in prison before we allow the KXL pipeline Camila Ibanez | 17th March 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Oil Fossil Fuels ai-liberationday.png The Oglala Lakota people are victims of poverty, …
The rushed passage of the Infrastructure Bill with all its pro-fracking provisions and toothless 'safeguards' is an abuse of democracy. And as it's manifestly against the national and public interest, it's also in breach of both MPs' and Lords' legally binding Codes of Conduct. Now Jojo Mehta intends to hold them to account - in Court.
Fracking: MPs and Lords have derelicted their legal duties - now they must pay the price! Jojo Mehta | 26th February 2015 Activism Law Politics Fracking UK Pollution Water Oil Gas …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… also happens to be embroiled in an ongoing corruption scandal . This was as part of a …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
… for example – sudden oil wealth has led to corruption, economic decline, political …
While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… says Tchouprov, "goes immediately to the next corruption scheme. This is the reality. Russia …
North America's environment campaigners face a fearsome enemy in the 'Big Club', writes Alexander Reid Ross - the nexus of fossil fuel and infrastructure corporations, government, militarized police, private security contractors, PR agencies, astroturf NGOs and quasi-judicial bodies. But the activists are winning key victories in their battle to halt the industrialization of Cascadia.
… involvement has presented the same old corruption. JM Huber, which employs Don Young, … domain over resistant farmers. The clear corruption that permeates the 'quasi-judicial' …
Mission accomplished in Iraq? It is now, writes Mike Whitney. A million deaths on, a once peaceful, independent country has been transformed into a petro-economy of never ending civil chaos and terror, where multinational oil corporations rule supreme.
… taking place in broad daylight. The stench of corruption is overpowering. And here's …