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In deep water
15th April 2011
"This AGM is the last chance to hold BP accountable."
“We understand that a business is in business to make a profit, and we don’t have a problem with that – we run a business too,” says Tracy Kuhns, who used to run a shrimping boat business in Louisiana. “But you should not be allowed to make a profit until all the costs of doing business are paid. Our coast and our livelihoods are ruined, we have not been compensated, and yet the BP board still pays themselves bonuses.”
A year on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP’s Annual General Meeting struck a far different tone compared to the 2010 congregation, held just a week before the explosion in the gulf, which released over five million barrels of oil and destroyed the fisheries, coastal estuaries and fishing economies of the Gulf of Mexico.
Last year’s AGM: quiet and uneventful, save for a (…) read more
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Tipping Point
27th January 2011
“We want the audience to understand: we are at the end of the age of oil, and this is what it looks like.”
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The Scariest Documentary of the Year
7th January 2011
Hot doc Countdown to Zero reawakens fears of nuclear war
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‘Safe for use’ – but not in Canada
13th December 2010
“We felt the best thing was to give these victims the chance to appeal to the Quebec government as human beings, face to face.”
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A lethal injection
14th September 2010
Canadian government support for white asbestos provides legitimacy to a deadly product.
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“You could say that black is the new green”
5th April 2010
Amusing stunt from activists in London (the same behind the Oilympics) as part of the annual “Fossil Fools” pranks on British energy and oil companies. In line with British Petroleum’s (…)
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See the shining sea
25th February 2010
Do people really want to fly? Going by sea and rail isn’t as easy as it should be – but it can still be done.
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Bluewash is the new greenwash
5th February 2010
The winner of the first Greenwash award in Davos? The UN.
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Fusion confusion
25th January 2010
National Ignition Facility: 15% clean energy, 85% thermonuclear weapons
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Canada’s greatest eco embarrassments
21st January 2010
“Canadian smugness is so tiresome — it is one of the main things holding us back from actually doing anything constructive”
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Votes of no confidence
13th January 2010
Canadians are led by a Prime Minister (elected by just a third of the population) who “undermines” the rest of the nation – and can shut down Parliament at whim whenever challenged