As Bower notes, over the past two years Shell and BP have mounted a rapid retreat from their green postu-ring: Shell has sold its solar business and its stake in a planned giant wind farm called the London Array, while BP has closed its renewable headquarters at County Hall.
October 4th, 2009:
The Squeeze: Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century by Tom Bower
U.S. Congressmen warn Shell it could be banned from U.S.
Zambia News.Net
Saturday 3rd October, 2009
The U.S. Congress has spent recent weeks in intensifying a push for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
The efforts culminated in a joint announcement by American President Barack Obama, British leader Gordon Brown, and French Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy last week which insisted Iran come clean on its nuclear program, or face sanctions.
Behind the scenes Israeli lobby groups, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other government officials joined the U.S. Congress in pressing the State Department, and member states of the United Nations, to impose sanctions against Iran.
Greenpeace Activists Occupy Shell Site in Canada
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Greenpeace activists occupied three stacks at Royal Dutch Shell Plcs Scotford site in Canada to protest against the extraction of oil sands. Nineteen activists from Canada, France, Brazil and Australia scaled an upgrader that Shell is building on the site to convert oil sands into fuel, Greenpeace said in a statement. Two protesters have been detained, Greenpeace said.