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Projets pétroliers et gaziers : les investissements de Shell pourraient augmenter de 10 % cette année

Une analyse réalisée par Global Witness estime que les investissements de Shell devraient atteindre environ 14,5 milliards de dollars. Source : Truthout, Jake Johnson, Common DreamsTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Alors qu’une grande partie du monde est secouée par des records de chaleur et des incendies de forêt dévastateurs, le géant pétrolier londonien […]

Big Oil’s Price Gouging

As I pulled into the gas station to fill up, my car radio car told me that on January 31st Exxon-Mobile announced record-breaking profits of over fifty-five billion dollars. With the price of gas again approaching four bucks a gallon, I was certainly making my contribution to Big Oil’s profiteering. The big oil companies justify […]
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Dmitry Rogozin sends French ambassador a memento of the war [Video]

Dmitri Rogozin, once head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, penned a letter to Pierre Levy, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France. This letter calls out the French government for its participation in the Ukraine – Russia war, and includes a shell fragment that was fired from a French artillery piece […]

Revelation That UK Gov Lobbied for Big Oil in Brazil Sparks Political Fallout

An attempt by Liam Fox’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to lobby on behalf of Shell and BP while the companies looked to secure lucrative oil blocks off the coast of Brazil has led to a major political controversy in the country.
The political furor was triggered by a diplomatic telegram obtained by Unearthed under Freedom of Information rules and published last week.

Accidentally Un-Redacted Cable Reveals How the British Government Lobbied Brazil on Behalf of BP and Shell

A minister from Liam Fox’s Department for International Trade (DIT) lobbied the Brazilian government to smooth the path for BP and Shell to secure oil blocks in the country’s controversial pre-salt region, according to a diplomatic cable that officials accidentally failed to redact.
The document – obtained by Unearthed – details a March trip to Brazil by DIT minister Greg Hands. It reveals that, at a “private breakfast” in Rio de Janeiro, Shell, BP and Premier Oil relayed their concerns “around taxation and environmental licensing” to the minister.