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Archive for April, 2006

World Bank to Promote Clean Energy

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 25th, 2006 in Alternative energy, Climate Change, Oil, Politics

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.

BP and Exxon In Top Ten Worst Companies

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 25th, 2006 in Big Oil Profits, Climate Change, Oil, Politics, Public Relations, Safety, Sustainability

BP and Exxon both make top ten worst companies in 2005, according to Multinational Monitor.

Monbiot: Why Fossil Fuels Are Best

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell April 25th, 2006 in Alternative energy, Climate Change, Gas, Oil, Politics, non-fossil fuels

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 […]

Shell urged to Stop $20bn Sakhalin Pipeline

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 25th, 2006 in Oil, Politics, Pollution, Sustainability

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 that […]

Renewable Energy Still Struggling

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 24th, 2006 in Alternative energy, Oil, Politics

Renewable energy sill only accounts for 14 percent of the energy consumed in the world today, according to new figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA). This compares to six percent for nuclear power and a massive 80 percent for fossil fuels.