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- ERA blames Shell
for Olomoro/Oleh explosion
- September 30, 2001: ERA
Field Report No. 88: Chevron and Shell Ravage Escravos
- January 5, 1999: Help
Stop the Bloodshed in the Niger Delta, Oil Company Critics Targeted
by Military
- Human Rights Watch:
Observations on SPDC Integrated Environment and Community Development
Stakeholders’ Workshop, Warri 13-15 March 2001
- June 21, 2001:
IFC Ignores Nigerian Community Concerns, Approves Loan with
Shell
- December 11, 1998:
The Kaiama Declaration
- The Latest News
from the Niger Delta
- September 17, 1998:
Leading Human Rights Lawyer in Nigeria's Bloody Environmental
Struggle to Tour the U.S.
- Legacy to Ken
Saro-Wiwa
- November 20, 2000: Odi
Massacre: One Year On
- July 2001: Oil
Blow Out in Ogoni: Preliminary Independent Report on Shell Oilwell
14 Blow-Out at Kpean, Yorla, Khana L.G.A. of Rivers State
- July 11, 2001: Report
On Shell Oil Disaster In Ogbodo
- Series in the
Guardian (U.K.) on the Niger Delta
- January 4, 1999:
Urgent Sign-On Letter to Stop the Environmental and Human Rights
Abuses in the Niger Delta
- May 24, 2001: World
Bank's IFC to Fund ‘Risky’ Project Involving Shell in Nigeria
- (leaked
documents)
SEEN's Bulletin on Fossil Fuel Projects
and Development Aid
IFIs
EBRD
EXIM
ODA
World Bank
Corporate Subsidies
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THE NATION, FEATURE STORY
| November 12, 2001: Pro Patria, Pro
Mundo, by William Greider
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- Aarhus Declaration
- Jharkand Declaration
- Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) circulated a
letter in Congress requesting hearings on the role of Chevron
and other U.S. multinationals in human rights abuses in the
countries they operate; March 5, 1999
- February 14, 2000, NGO
Recommendations Regarding Climate Change Issues for the OECD
Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees
- 1998 G-8 statement on International
Financial Institutions and Climate Change
- October 13, 1999: A letter
to President Clinton From Congresswoman McKinney on Secretary
Albright's trip to Nigeria
- U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation guidelines
on greenhouse gas emissions. IPS
comments on OPIC's guidelines
- March 20, 2000, Climate
Action Network (CAN) sign on letter to the World Bank on the
Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF)
- April 6, 1998: SEEN letter to
World Bank
- Documents leaked in November
1998 at Buenos Aires from the Business Roundtable
- December 9, 1999: SEEN comments
on the draft Energy Operations Policy of the European
Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) by the Sustainable
Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies
Comments on the process of public consultation
- A letter presented in Buenos
Aires to Melinda Kimble, Acting Assistant Secretary, US State
Department by a coalition of NGOs; November 5, 1999
- Wolfensohn's 1995 speech on
climate change
- Wolfensohn's 1997 Earth Summit
statement on the World Bank and climate change
- World Bank's rebuttal
to 1997 SEEN report
- June 3, 1998: Senator Lieberman's
letter on the World Bank and climate change
- June 19, 1998: Letter from Congressmen
Kucinich and Waxman to President Clinton on the World Bank
and climate change
- World Bank's Kyoto statement
on climate change
- August 26, 1998: World Bank response
to SEEN's action alert on China and Coal
- July 21, 1999: Access leaked
World Bank documents
- December 3, 1999: Letter from
Dennis J. Kucinich to James Wolfensohn, President of the
World Bank
- March 9, 2000, Sign-on
letter to President Clinton during his delegation to India
asking that he help protect the tigers and their habitat
in India from the invasion of coal mining that is being promoted
by the World Bank
- October 8, 2001, SEEN letter
to World Bank Group President concerning extractive industry
support
- October 18, 2001, Letter
from James Bond, Director, World Bank Mining Department,
in response to October 8 letter from SEEN
- November
2001, A civil society
rebuttal to the World Bank's "Response to Four Demands
from the Mobilization for Global Justice"
- December
20, 2001, Issues Analysis: The World Bank
Group’s Extractive Industries Review;
Actions Speak Louder than Words
- SEEN's fact sheet on World
Bank's carbon backcasting study
Press Releases
- November 9, 2001, Critics'
Attempts at Constructive Dialogue Find World Bank Less than
Engaging
- October 29, 2001, New
Database Calculates Lifetime Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nine
Years of World Bank Fossil Fuel Projects. First-of-its-kind
resource catalogues $20 billion in dirty energy projects since
1992
- July 20, 2001, Press
Release: Exxon-Mobil: Under fire
- June 21, 2001: IFC
ignores Nigerian community concerns, approves loan with Shell
- May 17, 2001, Calling
Coal “An Environmentally Attractive Fuel Source,” World
Bank Arm Votes to Finance Massive Coal Mine in China
- April 27, 2001: Leaked World
Bank Memo Says Oil, Gas, and Mining Investments Pose “Clear
and Present Danger."
Document fuels urgency for Bank to reassess polluting projects
- U.S. Newswire,
April 16, 2001: Earth Day CEO Warns of U.S. & World Bank Role
in Global Warming, Charges Current U.S. Policy Will Increase
Greenhouse Emissions
- November 17, 2000, Biggest
Loophole in Climate Treaty May Come from World Bank, Export
Credit Agencies
- April 10, 2000,
Environmental Leaders Block Pennsylvania Avenue in Front of
World Bank to Protest Destructive Oil, Gas and Mining Projects
- On eve of Clinton visit, World
Bank grants China $330 million for high polluting coal project.
1997-98 bank loans for China coal top $1.3 billion; projects
threaten global warming treaty
- April 10, 2000,
Sierra Club of Canada press advisory, "NGOs call on the
World Bank to stop financing Oil, Gas and Mining!"
- April 28, 1999: OPIC
And EX-IM Fuel Climate Change: Report Exposes U.S. Government's
Hypocrisy in Supporting Fossil Fuels Abroad
- March 9, 1999: New
Information about US Oil Company's Role in Escalating Violence
in Nigeria Prompts Call for Congressional Investigation
- June 1997: World
Bank tells UN Earth Summit of new action to safeguard environment
Media Coverage
- Greenwire, December
7, 2001, WORLD BANK: Report details approach to new era of globalization
- L.A. Times, November
16, 2001, Back to Business - A new war gives new urgency to
the globalization debate
- Calgary Herald,
November 16, 2001, World Bank, IMF 'assist' world poverty problem:
Policies help rich get richer, protesters charge
- New York Times,
October 28, 2001, For Trade Protesters, 'Slower, Sadder Songs'
- The Guardian
(London), October 24, 2001: Route to riches: Afghanistan has
huge strategic importance for the west as a corridor to the
untapped fuel reserves in central Asia
- The Boston Globe,
September 30, 2001: America prepares law and politics; for now,
a global movement is stymied
- Salon.com, September
21, 2001: No more street fighting man, by David Moberg
- The Washington Post,
September 20, 2001: IMF Eyes Fall Meeting
- The Washington Post,
September 10, 2001: Why We Protest; The IMF and World Bank hurt
poor countries and undermine democracy, by Robert Weissman
- Multinational Monitor,
September 1, 2001: Dubious Development: The World Bank's Foray
Into Private Sector Investment
- Federal News Service,
August 28, 2001, SECTION: MAJOR LEADERS SPECIAL TRANSCRIPTS:
Press Conference with the Mobilization for Global Justice. Subject:
Demands on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
- The Guardian (London), July 26, 2001: Inside
story: Tiger trap: Protesters brought an Esso distribution depot
to a halt yesterday. They say we should all boycott the company
because it has sabotaged efforts to reduce global warming. But
is it guilty as charged?
- Philippine Daily Inquirer: Opinion
Bruising Policy Clashes Seen at G-7 Summit, July 18, 2001
- Greenwire, July 16,
2001: Climate change: U.S. rejects G8 fossil fuel proposal
- Chattanooga Times/Chattanooga
Free Press, July 15, 2001: Bush to oppose G8 report urging
renewable fuel subsidies
- The Deseret News
(Salt Lake City, UT), July 14, 2001: Bush to oppose renewable-energy
aid
- New York Times: U.S. Set
to Oppose International Plan For Cleaner Energy, July 14,
2001
- Financial Times (London), World
Bank arm delays Niger delta oil decision. IFC puts funding
on hold after protests, June 15, 2001
- United Press International, Blue
Planet: Enviros react to Shell prize, June 7, 2001
- June 1, 2001, Multinational Monitor: Power
Struggle; economic aspects of utilities deregulation
- Global Information Network
Noticias en Espanol, May 31, 2001: Chad: Activistas piden
presion de Banco Mundial por Democracia; alegan fraude electoral
en las elecciones [Chad: activists want the World Bank
to support democracy; fraud alleged in latest elections
- Sunday Gazette Mail (Charleston), "Former
Massey execs plan China coal project," Charleston Sunday
Gazette, May 20, 2001
- The Press Trust of India,
April 20, 2000, WB projects will devastate tribals, animal habitat
in India
- U.S. Newswire, April 16, 2001: Earth
Day CEO Warns of U.S. & World Bank Role in Global Warming, Charges
Current U.S. Policy Will Increase Greenhouse Emissions
- InterPress Service: "ENVIRONMENT-FINANCE:
Environmentalists Praise Bush's Plan to Cut Corporate Subsidies",
February 26, 2001
- Wall Street Journal, "India
Project Shows Risks of Intervening, Despite Sound Goals,"
August 14, 2000
- July
25, 2000, World Bank Cancels India Coal Loan
- Arizona Republic,
World Bank Project to Help Chad Develop Oil Fields Draws Fire,
June 7, 2000
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
"African oil project's effect questioned. The World
Bank sees it aiding the people of Chad. Activists see it aiding
only the wealthy." June 7, 2000
- Agence France Presse,
"World Bank approves financing for Chad-Cameroon pipeline",
June 6, 2000
- Houston Chronicle,
" OK for African oil project expected. But its impact on
two impoverished nations debated", David Ivanovich, June
5, 2000
- Washington Post,
"World Bank to Vote on Disputed African Pipeline",
Nora Boustany, June 2, 2000
- InterPress Service,
"ENVIRONMENT-FINANCE: Public Lenders Fuel Climate Change,
Warns Report", Danielle Knight, May 31, 2000
- Financial Times,
WEST REGIONAL: West African Gas Pipeline under environmental
spotlight, April 27, 2000
- BBC
Monitoring South Asia - Economic, "World Bank projects
said inimical to tribals, animal habitat in India", April
20, 2000
- Associated
Press, "7 protesters arrested near World Bank,"
April 10, 2000
- "Economy:
NGOs Prepare for Protests at IMF, World Bank ...,"
InterPress Service
- Communities
Vow to Resist Proposed West African Gas Pipeline,
April 4, 2000
- Chevron
Documents on the Clean Development Mechanism and the West Africa
Gas Pipeline
- Journal of Commerce,
March 29, 2000. Editorial: "World Bank plan may thwart
carbon reduction."
- Inter Press
Service, March 6, 2000, "India: U.S. Gov't Pays Lip
Service to Environmental Protection"
- InterPress
Service, January 27, 2000. IPS-English RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Oil
Giants Once Again Accused of Abuses. This article draws
from the report "Oil For Nothing", a report
written by a delegation of US NGOs to Nigeria in September 1999,
of which SEEN was a member
- Press Clips on 2000 SEEN report, "Biggest
Loophole in Climate Treaty May Come from World Bank, Export
Credit Agencies"
- Press Clips on Export Credit Agencies and 1999
SEEN, FoE, ITIS report, "OPIC,
Ex-Im and Climate Change: Business as Usual?"
- Press Clips for 1998 SEEN report "The
World Bank and the G-7: Still Changing the Earth's Climate for
Business 1997-98"
- Press Clips for 1997 SEEN report "The
World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business"
- Press Clips for 1997 SEEN report "The
World Bank's Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest: Opportunity
or Liability for the World's Poorest Women?"
- Press Clips for 1996 SEEN report "The
World Bank's Juggernaut: The Coal-Fired Industrial Colonization
of the Indian State of Orissa"
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