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		<title>The Ugandan draft oil law: A search in vain for accountability and democratic oversight</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/22/the-ugandan-upstream-draft-oil-law-a-search-in-vain-for-accountability-and-democratic-oversight/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-ugandan-upstream-draft-oil-law-a-search-in-vain-for-accountability-and-democratic-oversight</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika Minio-Paluello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Platform has released a new briefing analysing Uganda&#8217;s draft &#8220;Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill&#8221; The report &#8211; entitled &#8220;The Ugandan Upstream oil law: A search in vain for accountability and democratic oversight&#8221;, highlights the lack of parliamentary oversight, transparency, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/22/the-ugandan-upstream-draft-oil-law-a-search-in-vain-for-accountability-and-democratic-oversight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rules for Living &#8211; artists and climate change, by Andy Field at #sota12</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/21/rules-for-living-artists-and-climate-change-by-andy-field-at-sota12/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rules-for-living-artists-and-climate-change-by-andy-field-at-sota12</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text from Andy Field&#8217;s talk last Tuesday afternoon at State of the Arts, in the ‘Artists and the Future Environment&#8217; panel. 1. My friend Kieran Whilst we are all here in Salford, my friend Kieran is on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/21/rules-for-living-artists-and-climate-change-by-andy-field-at-sota12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t throw activist histories away: Huntley Conference on Arts &amp; Activism, Culture &amp; Resistance</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/21/dont-throw-activist-histories-away-huntley-conference-on-arts-activism-culture-resistance/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dont-throw-activist-histories-away-huntley-conference-on-arts-activism-culture-resistance</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Trowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[18th February, London There were over a 100 artists, activists, community workers, young people, archivists &#38; conservators, educators, parents, grandparents, policymakers. We were taking part in talks, creative &#8220;Groundings&#8221; sessions, a parallel youth conference, music &#38; poetry performances, from the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/21/dont-throw-activist-histories-away-huntley-conference-on-arts-activism-culture-resistance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; Oil: guest review of &#8216;The Oil Show&#8217; in Dortmund</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/17/art-oil-guest-review-of-the-oil-show-in-dortmund/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=art-oil-guest-review-of-the-oil-show-in-dortmund</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Trowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oil Show art exhibition at the Hartware MedienKunstVerein in Dortmund, Germany, is a group show about oil and its deeply rooted influence in economy and society. This major exhibition, on til 18th March 2012, states &#8220;We have reached Peak Oil &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/17/art-oil-guest-review-of-the-oil-show-in-dortmund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Big 3: oil co&#8217;s and legal cases this month</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/16/the-big-3-oil-cos-and-legal-cases-this-month/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-big-3-oil-cos-and-legal-cases-this-month</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Amunwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three of the world&#8217;s biggest private oil companies face landmark legal actions this February. Here is a brief run down of the main cases, what they are about and why they matter. 1. US v BP At the centre of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/16/the-big-3-oil-cos-and-legal-cases-this-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Platform at State of the Arts Conference, #sota12</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/15/platform-at-state-of-the-arts-conference-14-2-12/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=platform-at-state-of-the-arts-conference-14-2-12</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Marriott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by James Marriott on &#8216;Artists &#38; the Future Environment&#8217;* The first speaker was writer Jay Griffiths, author of &#8216;Wild&#8217;, followed by myself, James Marriott, speaking for Platform. You can watch an interview I did after the presentation at the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/15/platform-at-state-of-the-arts-conference-14-2-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Chevron rig blazes off the coast of Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/06/video-chevron-rig-blazes-off-the-coast-of-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=video-chevron-rig-blazes-off-the-coast-of-nigeria</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Amunwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This disturbing video from Al Jazeera shows what&#8217;s left of Chevron&#8217;s KS Endeavour gas rig, which exploded on 16 January 2012. Over 20 days later the site is still ablaze and the intense flames and plumes of smoke can be seen &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/06/video-chevron-rig-blazes-off-the-coast-of-nigeria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Move Your Money &#8211; &#8220;bank on something better&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/01/move-your-money-bank-on-something-better/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=move-your-money-bank-on-something-better</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Platform we&#8217;re very excited about the launch of Move Your Money following our campaigning to stop UK banks fossil fuel finance. This is a guest blog by Danni Paffard on this week&#8217;s launch of Move Your Money UK: The banking &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/02/01/move-your-money-bank-on-something-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m reading about this week</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/01/31/what-im-reading-about-this-week/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-im-reading-about-this-week</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Amunwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro: &#8216;Sustainable&#8217; funds investing millions in oil companies and banks. This article mentions Platform&#8217;s work on Shell Nigeria and uses it to question the ethics of investment in oil companies. Heat or Eat? Fuel Poverty Action occupy British Gas headquarters. Bloomberg: hypes-up the &#8220;pre-salt&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/01/31/what-im-reading-about-this-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Oil, Ethical Oil and Profiteering in the Niger Delta and the Canadian North</title>
		<link>http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/01/30/legal-oil-ethical-oil-and-profiteering-in-the-niger-delta-and-the-canadian-north/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=legal-oil-ethical-oil-and-profiteering-in-the-niger-delta-and-the-canadian-north</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Amunwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this guest blog post, Professor Anna Zalik of York University Canada explores how governments and multinationals criminalise protest and gloss over the environmental injustices of oil extraction. Q: What does the Canadian Government’s fury at opponents of the Enbridge &#8230; <a href="http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/01/30/legal-oil-ethical-oil-and-profiteering-in-the-niger-delta-and-the-canadian-north/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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