Go beyond oil

If we want to have healthy lives and a healthy planet we have to wean ourselves off oil. We are working to expose the lengths the oil industry is willing to go to squeeze the last barrels out of the ground and putting pressure on industry and governments to move beyond oil.

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Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011

VW film competition: classic films – What Does Your Car Say About You?

Two weeks to go before we challenge filmmakers to turn the cameras on Volkswagen. We're kicking off with a launch event at 10am, 17 September at the Curzon...
Posted by Richardg - 7 September, 2011 - 10:48

Bearing down on us at 80 degrees North

Woken up as usual at 7.30 for breakfast and cleaning, I'd had a shower and was getting clothed when someone said 'polar bears outside'. I said to Ethan, the...
Posted by jossg - 6 September, 2011 - 10:57
Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland

Verdict: Cairn's oil spill plan is outlandish, simplistic and "wholly inadequate"

Earlier this month, after more than 100,000 of you asked Cairn Energy to open up its Arctic oil spill response plan to public scrutiny, the government of...
Posted by bex - 31 August, 2011 - 06:35
Part of the leaflet handed out outside Cairn's press conference

The risks of investing in Arctic oil drilling

This morning, Cairn Energy published its half-yearly results. There isn't much for the company to shout about in there; halfway through their 2011 drilling...
Posted by bex - 23 August, 2011 - 14:17
The Arctic is under threat from oil drillers

Shell: a walking PR disaster

Thanks to all those who attended Shell’s web chat yesterday.We were there too and thought the chat did little to dispel the company’s growing reputation as a...
Posted by vickywyatt - 19 August, 2011 - 15:29

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