Misc on July 19, 2011 | Make a Comment
Full sound recording of Rev Billy and the Church of Earthalujah! exorcising the evil demon of BP from the Tate. 35 minutes. July 18th 2011, 5pm at Tate Modern. TURN UP VOLUME. Starts quietly, levels vary, unadjusted original sound recording. “Got to listen hard: put your ear to the dirt!”
Misc on June 13, 2011 | Make a Comment
An op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson.
Misc on June 13, 2011 | Make a Comment
The start of a major campaign. Instead of cutting jobs, create a million new ones to lower carbon emissions and kick start the economy. The full 33 minute version, plus seven more films, are on Reel News 27 – available at Reel News. For more information about the campaign download the One Million Climate Jobs booklet.
Misc on April 26, 2011 | Make a Comment
Published in The Independent, Friday, 22 April 2011
Phil England interviews Greg Muttitt – the source for The Independent’s revelations about how big oil firms influenced the invasion of Iraq – about the bigger story in his new book Fuel on the Fire.
“I would say the most surprising thing about my book is that someone else hasn’t written it in the past eight years. It’s an obvious question to ask, ‘what happened to the oil?’ ”
Published yesterday, Greg Muttitt’s explosive new history of post-occupation Iraq has been pulled together from hundreds of documents released under the Freedom of Information act – both here and in the US – as well as from numerous first-hand interviews. Muttitt was the source of The Independent’s front-page revelations on Tuesday that both BP and Shell had meetings with government officials in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq…
Misc on April 19, 2011 | Make a Comment
Encouraging signs from the Powershift 2011 conference in the US…