Shell and The Science Museum’s toxic relationship has just been exposed

Shell and The Science Museum’s toxic relationship has just been exposed

Jun 8th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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The true nature of big oil sponsorships was exposed last week, after it was discovered that Shell had sought toinfluence the content of the climate change exhibition“Atmosphere”, which it sponsors at the Science Museum.

Emails obtained via Freedom of Information requests show how the company positioned its own staff as advisors: “Regarding the gallery update, can I check whether you have touched base with David Hone to see if he would like to participate in the content refresh?” read one email from May last year.

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Posted in: Alternative Energy, Alternative Fuels, Climate Change, Environment, Oil,Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, The Independent.
Tagged: Alternative Energy · BP · Global Warming · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Shell may re-enter the upstream business in India

Shell may re-enter the upstream business in India

Jun 8th, 2015 

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By Sanjeev Choudhary, ET Bureau | 8 Jun, 2015

NEW DELHI: Royal Dutch Shell Plc is bullish about India’s gas market and may re-enter the upstream business in the country if the government offered a stable policy and an open acreage licence to explorers, senior company executives said.

“We would continue to look at upstream opportunities in India,” said Harry Brekelmans, projects & technology director and a member of the top executive committee at Shell. “At the moment, we have not been able to see anything that is attractive ..

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Mars joins BP and Shell in opposing European financial market regs – FT

Mars joins BP and Shell in opposing European financial market regs – FT

Jun 8th, 2015

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NEW YORK: 7 JUNE 2015

Confectionery company Mars Inc has joined oil companies BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc to oppose planned new European financial market regulations, arguing that they would increase volatility and reduce liquidity in raw materials markets, according to a report by the Financial Times on Sunday.

The companies, along with the European Cocoa Association, as well as commodity trader Vitol, have signed a letter to the European Commission noting a “significant unintended risk of damaging the markets”, the report said. The firms argued that this would in turn push up the price of consumer goods ranging from food to energy.

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America is in the midst of the worst income inequality crisis

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America is in the midst of the worst income inequality crisis since the Great Depression and it’s no mystery why. Turns out that fast-tracked ‘free trade’ deals like NAFTA have offshored millions of U.S. jobs, shuttered thousands of manufacturing plants and resulted in a 440% increase in the U.S. trade deficit.

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China, Coal. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

China, Coal. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. The Guardian's investigation into China's coal addiction contains some startling facts. —By James West | Fri Jun. 5, 2015 3:54 PM EDT Email 56 The Guardian Our Climate Desk partners at the Guardian have published a beautiful—and terrifying—multimedia story from deep inside China's coal belt. It's the third installment in the paper's ongoing "carbon bombs" series: investigations into giant fossil fuel projects from around the world that are super-charging global warming, or that have the potential to do so. Today's deep-dive into China's ravenous use of coal is eye-opening not only because it explores the long-lasting impact of burning coal on the nation's health, but also because it illustrates the country's outsized impact on global climate change through coal-related emissions. Here are some highlights from the Guardian story (which you should also check out for the gorgeous video and graphics): READ MORE shared from

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If the TPP stays secret

It dies in sunlight.  Share this action on Facebook  Share this action on Twitter The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a job-killing, environment-destroying, 1% enriching, antidemocratic trade treaty. We know this from leaked sections of it, but even the leaked sections can't be discussed in Congress as they're still considered "classified." If the TPP stays secret, Congress could pass "fast track," a procedure used only for the worst corporate trade agreements to rush them through without amendment or debate. Candidate Obama opposed fast track, but President Obama knows it will just about guarantee passage of the TPP. If the TPP is made public, there will be no fast track and no passage. We'll stop it like we stopped the corporatist Free Trade Area of the Americas. RootsAction is joining with a major coalition to achieve the greatest impact. With your help we will pressue Congress members to take action. The House and Senate "intelligence" committees have the power to declassify any document in their possession if they believe that doing so would serve the public interest. Any individual Member of Congress could publish — e.g., by entering into the Congressional Record — a portion of the draft TPP negotiating text, as Republican Congressman Darrel Issa did when he published the intellectual property chapter. Members of the House who have not yet committed to vote no on Fast Track could pledge to vote no on Fast Track if the text of the TPP is not made public before the vote.  Please forward this message to your friends. -- The RootsAction.org Team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others. P.P.S. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please donate. www.RootsAction.org

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