One of the most salient decisions of last month’s climate summit in Baku was to create a new international carbon market, bringing nearly a decade of negotiations to a close. As leaders of two international human rights organisations, SOMO and Human Rights Watch, we’ve overseen in-depth investigations into major carbon projects implicated in human rights abuses, and we’re sounding the …
Shell should not be allowed to withdraw from Nigeria until a solution is found for the environmental damage that the oil and gas company has inflicted there, according to the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations. It was announced last month that Shell wants to sell its subsidiary company, Shell Petroleum Development Company, to a consortium of mainly local businesses …
A longtime dispute between two sides has been temporarily resolved, and oil exports via Turkey will resume, officials say. The central government of Iraq has reached a deal with the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region to resume oil exports from northern Iraq through a pipeline to Turkey. “Halting the export of the region’s oil harms Iraq’s revenues,” Sudani said, adding that …
South Korean artist and leader of former K-pop idol group GOT7, Jay B launched his first solo album, SOMO: FUME last month. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter, who was previously associated with the JYP Entertainment company, joined the H1ghr Music hip hop and R&B record label founded by Korean American musician Jay Park and Cha Cha Malone. Considering the worldwide fandom of …
Iraqi explosives experts were working to defuse a large mine discovered on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and evacuate its crew, authorities said Friday. The Iraqi statement said the mine had been attached to a tanker rented from Iraq’s Oil Marketing Company SOMO that was refueling another vessel. The Pola serves as floating fuel oil storage of Iraq’s …
