Why BP is crap!!

BP is building a huge new oil pipeline through Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. The pipeline is likely to:

• Worsen climate change
• Increase oil spills
• Cause social strife for local people
  

If BP is so committed to a green future, why is it investing in a dirty oil project with a 40 year lifespan?


Each year, the pipeline will transport oil whose impact on climate change will be the equivalent to the pollution from every power station in the UK.

BP has signed agreements with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey which make it exempt from any laws - including environmental and labour - that may affect its profits

As predicted, BP's pipeline is already causing problems:

• Poor health and safety: Inappropriate materials and construction methods causing enviornmental, health and safety risks.
• Human rights abuses: A Turkish campaigner has allegedly been tortured because he spoke out against the pipeline.

Info from FOTE.