Robert Mugabe was a “key player” campaigning against the white settler regime in Rhodesia nearly 50 years ago, and remains the key player today, but considerably richer. Some of this information, including the anti-Apartheid poster, comes from “A History of Royal Dutch Shell Volume 3.
March 22nd, 2015:
A sad situation in Rhodesia 50 yrs ago: Even worse now.
Shell Oil will be given permission to drill in the Arctic
HOUSTON, March 22 (UPI) — Shell Oil Company, one of the largest oil companies in the world, will soon be allowed to drill for oil in the American Arctic.
The decision rests on the U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who is expected to announce the decision on Wednesday.
The drilling will occur in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the Arctic, near Alaska. Environmentalists are concerned with the issue, since technology has not been prepared to deal with an oil spill in that region. The Environmental Impact Statement claims there is a 75 percent chance of a large spill occurring.
Shell oil drilling in Arctic set to get US government permission
From an article by Terry Macalister published by the Guardian on Sunday 22 March 2015:
Shell oil drilling in Arctic set to get US government permission
The US government is expected this week to give the go-ahead to a controversial plan by Shell to restart drilling for oil in the Arctic. The green light from Sally Jewell, the interior secretary, will spark protests from environmentalists…
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How Shell And BP Will Benefit From Tax Cut in North Sea
By: MICHEAL KAUFMAN: Published: Mar 22, 2015 at 9:56 am EST
As UK’s North Sea oil industry suffers from declining production and a prolonged slump in oil price, the government has given oil companies a good reason to rejoice.
George Osborne, UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced earlier this week the government’s decision to reduce tax applicable to energy investments made in the North Sea to help the struggling oil and natural gas industry. The Petroleum Revenue Tax will be reduced from its existing rate of 50% to 35%.