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Jan.-June 2001:
SUDAN: Human Rights Abuses Increasing, UN Official Says (UN Wire, 29 June 2001)
comments by ExxonMobil: Statement Regarding NGO Human Rights Lawsuit [regarding the company's alleged conduct in Aceh, Indonesia] (ExxonMobil, 25 June 2001)
Alleged Abuses, Fraud and Graft Dog Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: European Parliamentarians (MEPs) may seek a freeze on both European Union (EU) aid to Chad and loans to the controversial Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project over allegations the government engaged in electoral fraud, human rights abuses and the misallocation of funds earmarked for the pipeline's completion. (Brian Kenety, Inter Press Service, 25 June 2001)
EU drafts ambitious climate emissions trade plan: A wide range of major European Union industries will be forced to take part in buying and selling the right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2), under a draft EU law seen by Reuters on Friday. (Robin Pomeroy, Reuters, 25 June 2001)
The Killing Fields [oil pollution and resulting injuries in Nigeria] (Greg Campbell, InTheseTimes.com, 25 June 2001)
Exxon in human rights trouble: A US-based human rights group has filed a lawsuit against global oil giant Exxon Mobil in a federal court, accusing the company of complicity in human rights abuses carried out by the Indonesian military to secure natural gas fields. (Tom McCawley, Financial Times, 22 June 2001)
Exxon accused of rights abuses: Esso parent group cited in US case over Indonesian violations (Audrey Gillan, Guardian [UK], 22 June 2001)
Shell, IFC loan fund for Niger Delta: Oil giant Royal/Dutch Shell and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have proposed a US $30-million loan fund aimed at improving job opportunities in Nigeria's impoverished and volatile Niger Delta oil region. The main beneficiaries will be contracting firms to Shell owned by indigenes of the Niger Delta or employing people from the area. (Integrated Regional Information Networks, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 22 June 2001)
Talisman is better off nurturing core assets: Calgary-based Talisman Energy's $529-million deal yesterday to buy Sweden's Lundin Oil could clear the way for the Canadian company to eventually extricate itself from war-torn Sudan (Brent Jang, The Globe and Mail [Toronto], 22 June 2001)
Natives fail to sway Norton from ANWR oil stance: [U.S.] Interior Secretary Gale Norton said this week a visit to an Alaska Native community this week had not changed her opinion about oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but had given her a "better appreciation" for local concerns. (Yereth Rosen, Reuters, 22 June 2001)
TRANSCO - Community involvement [UK] - Transco [gas pipeline operator] has applied fresh thinking to long-standing concerns for health and safety with an initiative that has dramatically reduced accidents in the workplace, saved money and demonstrated the company's social responsibility while raising large sums for Mencap, a charity which helps people with learning disabilities (Ethical Performance magazine, summer 2001)
US Oil Giant [Exxon] Sued Over Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia (Abid Aslam, Inter Press Service, 21 June 2001)
Lundin deal gives Talisman way out of Sudan (Reuters, 21 June 2001)
ILRF [International Labor Rights Fund] sues Exxon Mobil [in United States court] on June 20, 2001 for human rights violations in Aceh [Indonesia] (International Labor Rights Fund, 20 June 2001)
Talisman investors get a big favour from U.S. politicians: It has taken Talisman Energy boss Jim Buckee a long time to realize what any experienced PR person could have told him. Some assets carry so much baggage they simply aren't worth the aggravation, no matter how lucrative they may be or how much potential they have. [Sudan] (Brian Milner, The Globe and Mail [Toronto], 20 June 2001)
Opposition grows to stock market sanctions act [Sudan Peace Act, passed by US House of Representatives]: US business groups and the Bush administration are gearing up to try to derail legislation that would for the first time deprive some foreign companies of access to US stock markets if they run foul of US foreign policy. (Edward Alden and Ken Warn, Financial Times, 19 June 2001)
Alaska drilling supporters get key Interior posts [U.S. Department of Interior] (Yereth Rosen, Reuters, 19 June 2001)
Brazil's Petrobras says gas leak totaled 150 tons (Reuters, 19 June 2001)
Talisman says Sudan oil holdings not worth being banned in the U. S.: Talisman Energy said Monday its lucrative oil properties in war-torn Sudan are not worth the headaches of facing possible sanctions in the U.S., and president Jim Buckee hinted he's getting tired of controversial energy projects. (James Stevenson, Canadian Press, 18 June 2001)
Petrobras gas leak has Sao Paulo on alert [Brazil] (Daniela Machado, Reuters, 18 June 2001)
Does oil fuel development in Sudan or just stoke the fires of war? (Andrew England, Associated Press, 17 June 2001)
Sudan rebel leader says foreign oil firms are "legitimate targets" (AFP, 17 June 2001)
Bill aimed at Talisman faces likely oblivion: 'We'll continue to do good work in Sudan' [A proposed law that would ban trading in the United States of Talisman Energy Corp. shares is still a long way from being approved by Congress and, even then, would likely be vetoed by George W. Bush, the U.S. President. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday night to prevent Talisman and other foreign companies engaged in the development of oil and gas in Sudan from selling securities in the U.S. market.] (Peter Morton and Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post [Canada], 15 June 2001)
Canadian firms get caught in world's hot spots (David Steinhart, Financial Post [Canada], 15 June 2001)
Sludge disasters cast shadow over coal revival [USA] (Timothy Gardner, Reuters, 15 June 2001)
Corporate Codes of Conduct Deemed Insufficient: Companies worldwide have signed on to voluntary codes of conduct in a bid to mitigate globalisation's harmful aspects. Activists and executives agree the firms are falling short but disagree on the reasons and remedies. (Danielle Knight, Inter Press Service, 13 June 2001)
Heart attack risk seen in tiny pollution particles [produced by combustion processes in automobile engines, power plants, refineries and smelters] (Will Dunham, Reuters, 13 June 2001)
Following Violent Crackdown in Chad, Environmental Defense & Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights Call on World Bank to Rethink Funds for Chad Pipeline Project (Environmental Defense, 13 June 2001)
Bush offers non-binding steps against global warming (Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, 12 June 2001)
Oil Development in Nigeria: A critical investigation of Chevron Corporation's performance in the Niger River Delta (California Global Corporate Accountability Project, 11 June 2001)
Oil Development in the Caspian: a critical investigation of California oil companies in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (California Global Corporate Accountability Project, 11 June 2001)
Environment: EU Has Twice the Climate Remedies Needed to Hit Kyoto Target (Environment News Service, 11 June 2001)
N.Y. Governor Challenges Bush to Take Action on Global Warming (Environment News Service, 11 June 2001)
Environmental battle steams up over Ecuador pipeline (Reuters, 11 June 2001)
Warming report pressures Bush - environmentalists: Environmentalists yesterday said a scientists' report that found global warming was worsening should prod President George W. Bush to change his energy policy and focus on addressing climate change (Patrick Connole, Reuters, 8 June 2001)
Leading Climate Scientists Advise White House on Global Warming [USA] (National Academies [National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council] , 6 June 2001)
Japan's Idemitsu [oil refiner] plans to stop MTBE [gasoline additive; suspected carcinogen] production (Reuters, 6 June 2001)
The captain of a very French multinational: INTERVIEW THIERRY DESMAREST, TOTALFINAELF: "The French government is perfectly aware - and we agree - that it is not for private companies to take it upon themselves to get governments (such as Burma) to change their policies," he says. It is the kind of comment to make UK and US oil executives envy the quintessential Frenchness of TotalFinaElf. (David Buchan and Victor Mallet, Financial Times, 5 June 2001)
Mexican Oil Company Pledges Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Cat Lazaroff, Environment News Service, 5 June 2001)
Energy Deal Between Canada, U.S. Could Increase Greenhouse Gases (Cat Lazaroff, Environment News Service, 5 June 2001)
Bush energy plan faulted for ignoring human rights [letter from Human Rights Watch to Vice President Dick Cheney] (Reuters, 31 May 2001)
Exxon shareholders defeat green, gay proposals (Marcus Kabel, Reuters, 31 May 2001)
Weather slows oil clean-up off Bahamas (Reuters, 31 May 2001)
EU To Look At Oil Companies' Investments In Sudan [planned European Union fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses] (Dow Jones, 30 May 2001)
Toxic spill in ocean could affect China for years (Edwin Chan, Reuters, 30 May 2001)Oil giants and humanitarian organisations clash in wartorn Sudan (Michel Sailhan, Agence France Presse, 29 May 2001)
Governance and Responsibility - the relationship between companies and NGOs. A Progress Report. (Sir John Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP, 29 Mar. 2001)
Banks should face oil spill liability - ship manager (Reuters, 28 May 2001)
Brazilian oil spill latest in unexplained series (Andrei Khalip, Reuters, 28 May 2001)
Navistar unit calls on Pemex to clean up diesel [Mexico] (Fiona Ortiz, Reuters, 25 May 2001)
World Bank's IFC to Fund 'Risky' Project Involving Shell in Nigeria (Friends of the Earth, 24 May 2001)
Global Energy Firms Claim Global Warming Milestone - But the evidence...contains some startling flaws (Environment News Service, 24 May 2001)
Exxon Mobil to appeal $1 bln Louisiana radiation fine (Timothy Gardner, Reuters, 24 May 2001)
Crude oil spill off Rayong [Thailand] (Jerdsak Saengthongcharoen, Bangkok Post, 23 May 2001)
ENVIRONMENT-ECUADOR: Minister [Environment Minister Lourdes Luque] Speaks Out against Oil Pipeline (Kintto Lucas, Inter Press Service, 23 May 2001)
EU criticises US on environment despite UN pact [United Nations treaty to ban certain toxic chemicals] (Eva Sohlman and Alister Doyle, Reuters, 23 May 2001)
US denies new energy plan fuels global warming (Eva Sohlman, Reuters, 23 May 2001)
Energy experts say EU may not meet Kyoto target (Robin Pomeroy, Reuters, 23 May 2001)
Suncor Oil Sands achieves goal for aboriginal business development [Canada] (Suncor Energy Inc., 23 May 2001)
Advocates to Meet in Dallas: They push to hold business accountable (Carolyn Barta, The Dallas Morning News, 22 May 2001)
UN says US energy policy fuels global warming (Eva Sohlman, Reuters, 22 May 2001)
US has special role in global warming fight - Annan (Christopher Noble, Reuters, 22 May 2001)
Church leaders urge scrutiny of Bush energy policy (Reuters, 22 May 2001)
Ecuador environment ministry reviews pipeline route (Reuters, 22 May 2001)
AFL-CIO and ICEM [International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions] Protest Unocal's Burma Joint Venture at Shareholders Meeting - CalPERS Supports Shareholder Resolutions (AFL-CIO and ICEM, 21 May 2001)
US energy plan a "crime" - Pacific activists (Michael Christie, Reuters, 21 May 2001)
EU [European Union] says Bush energy plan disappointing on climate (Reuters, 21 May 2001)
Bush looks at green in energy plan - critics see red (Patricia Wilson, Reuters, 21 May 2001)
US lawmakers want probe of Cheney's [U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's] energy panel (Timothy Gardner, Reuters, 21 May 2001)
Bush plan [U.S. President Bush's new energy plan] 'disastrous' for climate - UN climate chief (Reuters, 18 May 2001)
WRAPUP - Environmentalists say US energy plans disastrous (Reuters, 18 May 2001)
Shell tries to block bomber fuel: Shell yesterday promised every effort to ensure that its aviation fuel would not be used in military aircraft launching bombing raids in southern Sudan. (Terry Macalister, Guardian [UK], 18 May 2001)
Sudan oil atrocities prove need for new regulation of business (Christian Aid, 17 May 2001)
ExxonMobil Feeling Heat on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Shareholder resolutions and boycotts put pressure on oil giant to change its stance on global warming and embrace clean energy (Mark Thomsen, SocialFunds.com, 17 May 2001)
Indigenous & Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging the OCP [Oleoducto de Crudo Pesado, proposed new Ecuadorian oil pipeline]: US & German Banks on the Hot Seat for Financing the New Crude Pipeline in Ecuadorian Amazon (Amazon Watch, 16 May 2001)
Texaco unit fined for Clean Water Act violations (Reuters, 15 May 2001)
Marathon Ashland in deal to cut refinery pollution [USA] (Julie Vorman, Reuters, 14 May 2001)
Celebs launch UK Esso boycott over climate stance (Reuters, 9 May 2001)
Oil Blow-Out Worsens Shell's Future in Ogoniland (allAfrica.com, 8 May 2001)
RIGHTS: Defending Indigenous Cultures against Globalisation (Kintto Lucas, Inter Press Service, 8 May 2001)
EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] gives refineries time to comply [with clean air standards] (Associated Press, 8 May 2001)
UPDATE - Oil experts briefly blocked after capping Nigeria spill (Reuters, 8 May 2001)
Experts say missing bolts caused Ogoni oil spill (Reuters, 7 May 2001)
White House energy report stirs industry, greens to act (Reuters, 7 May 2001)
Senate panel wants coal and pipeline projects reviewed: Public has no say, and detail is still lacking [Thailand] (Ploenpote Atthakor, Bangkok Post, 4 May 2001)
US team prepares to clean up Ogoni oil spill (Reuters, 4 May 2001)
Oil and Gas Blow-out at Shell Well in Eastern Ogoni [Nigeria] (MOSOP [Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People], in allAfrica.com, 3 May 2001)
Shell says oil spill in Nigeria's Ogoni manageable (Reuters, 3 May 2001)
Oil 'time-bomb' in Nigeria: The oil company Royal Dutch Shell says that 14 of its abandoned oil wells in Nigeria could blow up without warning (BBC News, 3 May 2001)
Oil industry asks White House for environmental flexibility - WSJ [Wall Street Journal] (Reuters, 3 May 2001)
Sudan: Talisman Energy must do more to protect human rights (Amnesty International, 1 May 2001)
Cheney [U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney] & Halliburton: Go Where the Oil Is (Kenny Bruno and Jim Valette, Multinational Monitor, May 2001)
BP Environmental and Social Review 2000 (report, BP, May 2001)
Human Rights vs. Oil: A CorpWatch Interview with Sarah James [indigenous leader fighting to prevent oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, USA] (CorpWatch, 27 Apr. 2001)
Earth Week with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka of Nigeria (Sunny Lewis, Environment News Service, 27 Apr. 2001)
Chevron's Board Urged to Disclose Texaco's Liabilities in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the Merger Proceedings: Evidence Detailing More than Three Hundred and Fifty Contaminated Sites Handed to Chevron's Chairman (Amazon Watch, 26 Apr. 2001)
U'wa Leader and Activists Target Occidental Petroleum's Largest Investor: Protests in Seven Cities Call on Bernstein/Alliance Capital/AXA Financial to Divest from Occidental and the Deadly Oil Project in Colombian Coudforest Region (Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve, Amazon Watch Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Relief, 26 Apr. 2001)
Greenpeace to Target US Oil Companies (Greenpeace, 26 Apr. 2001)
Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Publishes Sector's First Sustainable Development Strategy (UK Offshore Operators Association [UKOOA], 25 Apr. 2001)
Calvert Celebrates Environmental Achievement at America's Corporations, Tracking Progress in E-Recycling and Energy Efficiency (E-Wire, 23 Apr. 2001)
SOUTH AFRICA: Chevron and Texaco Accused of Polluting City [ Cape Town] (Danielle Knight, Inter Press Service, in The Black World Today [USA], 22 Apr. 2001)
Distress flare: Oil exploitation brings misery to tiny village (Greg Campbell, Earth Times News Service, 21 Apr. 2001)
U'wa Tribal Chief Sends Message to Shareholders to Divest from Occidental Petroleum and Vows to Continue Resistance against Drilling in Colombia (Amazon Watch, Action Resource Center, and Rainforest Action Network, 20 Apr. 2001)
Oil companies are destroying my country: From an address given by the Sudanese clergyman Anthony Poggo to the Annual General Meeting of BP Amoco (Independent [UK], 20 Apr. 2001)
BP chief fields barrage of questions on ethics (Andrew Clark, Guardian [UK], 20 Apr. 2001)
Money poses toughest barrier to renewable energy products (Jason Topping Cone, Earth Times News Service, 20 Apr. 2001)
Significant backing for publication of climate change strategy from BP (PIRC [Pensions Investment Research Consultants], 19 Apr. 2001)
BP Shareholders Voice Support for Tibet by Voting [more than 5% support for resolution] on PetroChina Resolution: Human rights groups to increase pressure on BP to divest from PetroChina (Free Tibet Campaign, 19 Apr. 2001)
Speeches made at the BP AGM on the PetroChina Resolution - 19 April 2001 (Gedun Rinchen, former political prisoner in Tibet; Stephen Kretzmann, Energy & Investment Consultant for the International Campaign for Tibet; Rev. Anthony Poggo from Sudan,19 Apr. 2001)
Shareholders vote against BP on effect of climate change on investments (Greenpeace, 19 Apr. 2001)
Tibetan pipeline row dents BP's new image (Stuart Millar and Terry Macalister, Guardian [UK], 19 Apr. 2001)
The groups objecting to BP's rebranding (Independent [UK], 19 Apr. 2001)
How a big company with a big idea gave itself a big headache: Months after the 'Beyond Petroleum' makeover, oil company chiefs are accused of trying to con the public with green pretensions (Michael McCarthy and Saeed Shah, Independent [UK], 19 Apr. 2001)
Lines drawn over Earth Day: Chamber [U.S. Chamber of Commerce] says business is green; activists decry abuses (Will Pollock, Medill News Service, CBS MarketWatch, 19 Apr. 2001)
Groups Highlight Global Human Costs of U.S. Fossil Fuel Dependence: Current Bush Administration Energy Policy Endangers Rights and Environment (Earth Day Network, Sierra Club and Amnesty International USA, 18 Apr. 2001)
BP prepares answers to Tibet protesters' tough questions (John Vidal, Guardian [UK], 18 Apr. 2001)
Shell chairman to lead business group at Earth Summit review (Jason Topping Cone, Earth Times News Service,18 Apr. 2001)
BP Amoco to pay $804,700 for Clean Water Act violations (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 18 Apr. 2001)
Student Pressures Grow for divestment in Burma (Tin Maung Htoo, Burma Media Association [Canada Branch], 18 Apr. 2001)
Green Parties 1st Global Conference Backs U.S. Oil Boycott (Bob Burton, Environment News Service, 17 Apr. 2001)
US oil company [Occidental Petroleum] defies Colombia rebels (Julie Earle and Eoin Callan, Financial Times [UK], 17 Apr. 2001)
Oil company initiates campaign to protect fragile eco-system [Shell Thailand project to collect used lubricants from fishing boats] (Anchalee Kongrut, Bangkok Post, 17 Apr. 2001)
Exxon Mobil gives $1.3 mln to fight malaria (Christopher Noble, Reuters, 17 Apr. 2001)
Business has to fight its corner: Irritants have a right to be heard (Guardian [UK], 17 Apr. 2001)
University of Michigan Students Vote to Pull $20 Million from Burmese Junta (Free Burma Coalition, 17 Apr. 2001)
Statement by EarthRights International at CitiGroup Annual Stockholders Meeting (EarthRights International, 17 Apr. 2001)
Greens Urge US Oil Boycott (BBC, 16 Apr. 2001)
BP steels itself for protest at AGM over environment (Jeremy Cresswell, The Scotsman [UK], 16 Apr. 2001)
Open letter to Occidental Petroleum's President, Members of the Board of Directors and Shareholders [Colombia] (Asociación de Autoridades Tradicionales U'wa [U'wa people, Colombia], 16 Apr. 2001)
Reviews: Social and Environmental Reports: People Planet and Profits – The Shell Report (Mallen Baker, 14 Apr. 2001)
Reviews: Social and Environmental Reports: Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2000 – Sudan Operations - Talisman Energy (Mallen Baker, 14 Apr. 2001)
Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2000 - Sudan Operations (report, Talisman Energy, 10 Apr. 2001)
Greenhouse fells first oil industry domino (Greenpeace, 6 Apr. 2001)
People, planet & profits - The Shell Report (Royal Dutch/Shell, 6 Apr. 2001)
PIRC backs call for BP climate change strategy and raises concerns over new article changes (PIRC [Pensions Investment Research Consultants], 6 Apr. 2001)
Greenpeace Issues Global Warning to US Business (Greenpeace, 5 Apr. 2001)
U.S. Climate Stance Triggers Boycott Threats (Environment News Service, 5 Apr. 2001)
Activists Defeat Coal Industry SLAPP Suit [U.S. federal court dismisses lawsuit filed by coal industry against environmental groups] (CorpWatch, 5 Apr. 2001)
Chad-Cameroon: Oil revenues versus human rights and environment (Korinna Horta, World Rainforest Movement Bulletin, Apr. 2001)
How Talisman oils peace [Sudan] (letter from Dave Mann, Talisman Energy Inc., in Guardian [UK], 30 Mar. 2001)
Shareholders' Resolution: Reply to BP Directors' Response to Resolution 17 [concerning Tibet and BP's investment in PetroChina] [includes text of BP Directors' Response] (Free Tibet Campaign, International Campaign for Tibet, Milarepa Fund, Students for a Free Tibet, US Tibet Committee, American Anti-Slavery Group, 30 Mar. 2001)
BP Announces World's Largest Solar Project (BP, 30 Mar. 2001)
Council [University of Virginia Student Council] asks to divest stock in Burma: Resolution discourages University investments in companies linked with military rule (Deirdre Erin Murphy, Cavalier Daily [University of Virginia], 28 Mar. 2001)
New drill for oil companies: It is not every day that seven giant oil and mining companies, nine human rights NGOs and corporate responsibility groups, and the American and British governments come together to ‘recognize that security and respect for human rights can and should be consistent.’ But that is exactly what happened on December 20, 2000 when the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights were announced... (Human Rights & Business Matters, newsletter of Amnesty International UK Business Group, spring/summer 2001)
Voluntary principles on security and human rights for the extractive sector: Bennett Freeman outlines the process of finding common ground and sets out the principles (Bennett Freeman [former Deputy Assistant Secretary - Democracy, Human Rights and Labour - U.S. State Department], in Human Rights & Business Matters, newsletter of Amnesty International UK Business Group, spring/summer 2001)
Whitman Recognizes 34 Organizations for Energy Savings (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 20 Mar. 2001)
PetroChina Divestment Resolution will go to the Vote at BP AGM (Free Tibet Campaign, 19 Mar. 2001)
Texaco California Subsidiary Fined $4 Million (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 16 Mar. 2001)
Oil firms stoke up Sudan war (Victoria Brittain and Terry Macalister, Guardian, 15 Mar. 2001)
Boom time for few signals misery and death for many [Sudan] (Mark Curtis, Guardian, 15 Mar. 2001)
New Statoil Agreement Boosts Global Worker Rights (ICEM [International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions], 15 Mar. 2001)
Christian Aid calls for 'immediate suspension' of oil operations in Sudan (Christian Aid, 13 Mar. 2001)
The scorched earth: oil and war in Sudan - An eyewitness report by Christian Aid (Christian Aid, 13 Mar. 2001)
British firms fan flames of war: Western cash is pouring into oilfields intensifying a bloody 18-year conflict [Sudan] (Julie Flint, Observer [UK], 11 Mar. 2001)
A buoyant market for ethics: Co-ordinated mass market action by consumers increasingly compels corporations to rethink policies (Peter Singer, Center for Human Values, Princeton University, in Financial Times, 11 Mar. 2001)
Business in Burma harms humanity (Andrew Price and Michael Freedman-Schnapp, Cavalier Daily [University of Virginia], 6 Mar. 2001)
BP Amoco blocks AGM [Annual General Meeting] resolutions on ethical matters (AFX Europe, 2 Mar. 2001)
Canadian NGO policy views on corporate responsibility and corporate accountability: An Overview Paper Prepared for an NGO-Government Meeting, May 2001 (Moira Hutchinson, Mar. 2001)
The Oil Diagnostic in Angola: An Update (Human Rights Watch, Mar. 2001)
Multiple monitors to monitor the monitors - But who monitors the oil-companies? [regarding the Chad/Cameroon pipeline and the World Bank monitoring structure] (Inside Cameroon, Mar. 2001)
Open letter to the President of the World Bank regarding the Chad/Cameroon pipeline, expressing concern about the terms of reference of the International Advisory Group [monitoring group established to advise the World Bank and the two governments on overall progress in implementing the project] (written by representatives of human rights, environmental, labour and development NGOs in Chad and Cameroon, 28 Feb. 2001)
BP rejection of shareholder resolutions "misjudged, unfair and inconsistent" (PIRC [Pensions Investment Research Consultants], 28 Feb. 2001)
SUDAN: WFP [World Food Programme] confirms displacement in oil drilling areas [U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks, 26 Feb. 2001)
Green Scissors 2001 exposes $55 billion in wasteful federal spending that harms the environment [USA]: Taxpayer and Environmental Groups Target 74 Pork Barrel Programs (press release by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, 22 Feb. 2001)
BP Amoco Feeling Pressure on PetroChina Holdings: Protests held last week support a shareholder resolution demanding BP Amoco's divestiture from Chinese energy company (SocialFunds.com, 20 Feb. 2001)
TotalFinaElf make non-statement for Transparency in Angola (Global Witness, 15 Feb. 2001)
Campaign Success: BP makes move for Transparency in Angola (Global Witness, 12 Feb. 2001)
Health Policies in the Global Economy [reference to Italian petroleum company ENI's support for malaria-reduction programme in Azerbaijan] (Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization, 10 Feb. 2001)
ANGOLA: UN Asks Oil Companies To Help Bring Peace (UN Wire, 8 Feb. 2001)
Tibet protesters target BP over PetroChina stake (Calum MacLeod and Michael Harrison, Independent, 7 Feb. 2001)
SUDAN: WFP [World Food Programme] confirms displacement in oil drilling areas [U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks, 26 Feb. 2001)
Oputa: Why Shell Can't Provide Amenities in Niger Delta - DEP MD [Nigeria] (Vanguard Daily [Lagos], 2 Feb. 2001, allAfrica.com)
Defending the Amazon: This series of On the Record tells the story of the poisoning of Ecuador's Amazon jungle by oil companies. It tells of the contamination of the waters and the resulting sickness in indigenous communities. (On the Record, Advocacy Project, Feb.-Mar. 2001)
Rights & environmental disputes flare: As huge oil and gas developments continue in Indonesia, communities in areas where these industries operate are becoming more vocal in demanding a stop to pollution and fair compensation. (Down to Earth Newsletter, Feb. 2001)
Environmentalists seek urgent solutions to air pollution in Nigeria (Chuka Nnabuife, Guardian [Lagos], 1 Jan. 2001)
Response to Criticisms of the 2000 CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] Report (Talisman Energy Inc., 2001)