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How to Stop an OilfieldSandy Winterbottom

Sandy Winterbottom — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:18:10 +0000

It began in 2021, when a climate justice coalition successfully forced multi-billion dollar corporation Shell to back out of developing the Cambo oilfield situated off the west coast of Shetland, keeping 170 million barrels of oil in the ground. Shell said it was a commercial decision. What they meant was that the risks and [...]

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As the Oil Pumps, the Blood SpillsStephen Young

Stephen Young — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:00:18 +0000

Behind the missiles, bombs and bullets raining down on Ukraine lie fossil fuels. The rich world’s addiction to perpetual energy is financing a dictator’s war. The Ukrainians fleeing home and those who’ve stayed to fight are at the mercy of a twisted economic system. As the oil pumps, the blood spills. Oil and gas [...]

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Big Oil Film

TamzinP — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:22:05 +0000

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Big Oil Is the PoisonMonique Roffey

Monique Roffey — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:43:21 +0000

What do we mean by ‘Big Oil’ anyway? It’s the umbrella term for BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Total, the world’s six largest and richest publicly-traded oil and natural gas producers. Then there’s OPEC. An intergovernmental organisation set up in 1960 by five of the world’s largest oil producing countries, it co-ordinates the [...]

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