resisting mining, oil and gas
Friends of the Earth International and member group publications on mining oil and gas
memory, truth and justice for heroes
Friends of the Earth International, November 2011: This publication brings together stories from Africa, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Central Asia and Eastern Europe on the heroism of those who have been killed and those whose rights had been violated, as well as those who are presently being repressed in their resistance against mining, oil and gas projects around the world.
Background report to the Erratum of Shell's Annual Report 2010
Friends of the Earth International, May 2011: This report provides the background information for another report: Erratum of Shell's Annual Report 2010.
Erratum to the Shell annual report
Friends of the Earth International, May 2011: Friends of the Earth International have been following Shell and its activities for years now, worldwide. This Erratum is an account of their findings. It shows that across the globe, Shell’s activities are damaging the environment, human rights and biodiversity; it shows us how imperative it is to change the way Shell works.
Double standard: Shell practices in Nigeria compared with international standards
Friends of the Earth Netherlands / Professor Richard Steiner Anchorage, Alaska USA, November 2010: Shell practices in Nigeria compared with international standards to prevent and control pipeline oil spills and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Working for development? ArcelorMittal’s mining operations in Liberia
Friends of the Earth Europe and Liberia, June 2010: This report takes a closer and more in depth look at Arcelor Mittal's activities in Liberia in terms of their contribution to the country's development. Time and again, ArcelorMittal has claimed that their Liberia operation is the successful example of their corporate social responsibility strategies and community engagement. This report looks into those claims and sees how far communities have benefited from their activities.
ArcelorMittal: Going nowhere slowly
Friends of the Earth Europe and other organisations, May 2009: A review of the global steel giant's environmental and social impacts in 2008-2009.
shells big dirty secret
Friends of the Earth Europe, September 2009: Insight into the world’s most carbon intensive oil company and the legacy of CEO Jeroen van der Veer.
poverty, climate and energy: the case against oil aid
Friends of the Earth International, June 2008: While attention to climate change is growing globally, a climate policy contradiction is also growing: industrialized countries are trying to cap greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously financing fossil fuel extraction and infrastructur through multilateral development banks (MDBs) and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs).
Barrick's dirty secrets: communities worldwide respond to gold mining’s impacts
Corpwatch, May 2007: This report, a profile of Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining company, is an illustration of what is wrong with the gold industry today. In these pages, you will find numerous examples in which Barrick’s interests and the interests of the communities within which it operates are pitted directly against each other. From avoiding responsibility for the destructive environmental legacy of their projects or aligning itself with corrupt politicians, to employing police who violently suppress (and sometimes kill) mine critics, Barrick’s power in these struggles creates a compelling case for intervention.
Traversing people's lives: how the world bank finances community disruption in cameroon
Friends of the Earth International, 2002: The Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline project shows that large scale projects financed by the World Bank, rather than bringing ‘development’, lead to disruption and misery for the very people that are supposed to benefit from it.
Failing the challenge: the other Shell report
Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, 2002: This report is a testament to the people around the world who have suffered and continue to suffer from Shell’s operations. If Shell is serious about its aims to be an environmentally and socially responsible multinational it has nothing to fear from engaging with local communities. And it should have nothing to fear from our proposed changes to UK company law, that would allow communities to hold corporations to account for their impacts on people and the environment.
Behind the shine: the other Shell report
Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, 2003: This report will highlight Shells poor performance as a leading corporate social responsibility advocate, its failure to address the concerns of Shell fenceline communities from last year’s AGM and the link between Shell’s exaggerated oil reserves fiasco and its exaggerated claims about its social and environmental performance in order to highlight the need for urgent reform of UK company law and Shells attitude to fenceline communities.
Gas Flaring In Nigeria: A Human Rights, Environmental and Economic Monstrosity
Friends of the Earth International, June 2005: This Report tracks the flaring back to the closing days of colonial history; sketches the scale of the activity in what has become one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producing countries; explains some of its implications for climate change and communities; shows how the practice constitutes a violation of human rights and is generally prohibited under the regulations, and; concludes with recommendations for its elimination, and transparency.
