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14 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Cut and run

Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw...

13 Jun 2022 4 minute read

Fossil fuels – a journey in time

A short history of dependency.

Passersby walk past a mural in Venezuela showing oil drilling. Oil has made an important contribution to Venezuelan state revenues. JOHN VAN HASSELT/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES

7 Jun 2022 12 minute read

Getting over Big Oil

We cannot let the fossil fuel industry block urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to...

14 Dec 2021 5 minute read

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Saving the Wild Coast from Big Oil

Mike Loewe reports from South Africa on the community fighting to stop Shell from exploration along its...

19 Feb 2019 4 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Why I protested a British Museum exhibition of my own people’s history

Yasmin Younis explains why she protested against a British Museum exhibition of her own people’s history....

5 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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Landmark verdict gives Arctic oil green light

But ‘Trial of the Century’ also cements climate protections, reports Ragnhild Freng Dale.

30 Sep 2017 2 minute read

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What is Brazil’s ‘Operation Car Wash’?

Is it the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird.

1 Jul 2017 2 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

The People vs Arctic Oil

Environmental groups are suing the Norwegian government after it handed out new licences to drill in the Arctic for the first...

26 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Environmental groups are taking Norway to court over oil drilling in the Arctic

It’s against the Constitution, and means Norway will not respect the Paris Agreement, argues Tina Andersen Vågenes...

1 Oct 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Big Bad World

The latest Polyp cartoon, from October's New Internationalist magazine.

7 Apr 2016 4 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Artful dodging

Five reasons not to buy BP’s story about the end of its sponsorship deals.

1 Mar 2016 1 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Saudi Arabia – The Facts

The key facts you need to know about the country's people, environment, oil economy, human rights and more.

1 Mar 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Oil on the skids

The quiet power of oil and money has for decades enabled Saudi Arabia to buy silence and influence. But not for much longer,...

9 Dec 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Art, oil and arrests in Paris

Today, hundreds protested against oil sponsorship at the Louvre and ten were arrested. Jess Worth was in the...

5 Dec 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Is Saudi Arabia the big bad wolf of the Paris climate talks?

The oil producing giant blocked efforts in Paris to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, Kyla...

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

#ShellNo: the triumph of the Kayaktivists

We do not always win - but sometimes we prevail. Mark Engler celebrates a daring victory.

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