World Bank to Promote Clean Energy

April 25, 2006By Andy RowellBlog Post

The World Bank has unveiled a new project to promote the use of clean energy in developing countries, where it argues that up to 40 billion dollars a year is needed to cover the costs of adapting to projected climate change.

Monbiot: Why Fossil Fuels Are Best

April 25, 2006By Andy RowellBlog Post 1 Comment

Celebrated UK green activist and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, today argues that “This is embarrassing, but I’ve become a fossil fuel supporter”. He argues: “I find myself at odds with almost everyone, by deciding, at the worst possible moment, that in one respect at least our battle against climate change depends on neither nuclear power … Read More

Shell urged to Stop $20bn Sakhalin Pipeline

April 25, 2006By Andy RowellBlog Post

With the melting of the ice after eight months, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant is set to enter a crucial offshore construction phase in the development of its $20bn [£11.2bn] oil and gas programme. Wildlife campaigners say the price of the pipeline could be the extinction of a species of whale. Campaigners, including WWF, are demanding … Read More