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Posts in April 2006

• Bush bungling energy policy

  Steve Kretzmann

  Apr12

  Not that this is news on its own, but an ABC/Washington Post poll, released yesterday, shows that a whopping 74% believe he’s mishandling “the situation with gas prices”. Thanks to Greenpeace for the heads up.

• Iranamuck

  Charlie Cray

  Apr12

  Now that Sy Hersh has exposed the administration’s plans to attack Iran (call it “reverse stovepiping”), civic leaders like Jesse Jackson are calling for a halt to the madness of would-be king George.

• World “cannot meet oil demand”

  Andy Rowell

  Apr12

  Revealing comments from Christophe de Margerie, head of exploration for Total and heir presumptive to the leadership of the French energy multinational. Interviewed by the Times earlier in the week he argued that the world lacks the means to produce enough oil to meet rising projections of demand for fuel over the next decade He…
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• The Oil Bank Fuelling Conflict and Climate Change

  Andy Rowell

  Apr12

  One of Britain’s biggest private banks, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has been criticised by UK research group, Platform for positioning itself as ‘the oil and gas bank’ and for providing the finance that is driving worldwide oil and gas projects. These projects will be at the expense of the communities and climate change.

• Oil to Start Flowing From Northern Iraq

  Andy Rowell

  Apr11

  A Norwegian independent energy company – DNO- plans to produce oil in Iraqi Kurdistan early next year after successful initial drilling. If further tests are also positive, it could lead to the first barrels produced by a foreign oil operator in Iraq and raise the question over who controls Iraq’s vast petroleum resources.

• Tens of Thousands of Species At Risk Because of Climate Change

  Andy Rowell

  Apr11

  Tens of thousands of animals and plants could become extinct within the coming decades as a direct result of climate change, according to a new study. Scientists believe that if atmospheric levels of CO2 double – as expected by 2100 – then biodiversity will be devastated, leading to a “catastrophic” loss of species.

• Arnie in Show-Down on Global Warming

  Andy Rowell

  Apr10

  Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is said to be set for a show down after Democratic lawmakers unveiled legislation last week aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. The bill, backed by the Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and a whole host of environmental groups, sets firm limits on carbon dioxide emissions and goes further than recommendations…
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• BP: Beyond Pathetic

  Andy Rowell

  Apr10

  Given what we have been saying about BP on the site recently, it is amusing to read a a different angle from Thomas Borelli, the editor of FreeEnterpriser.com and a senior fellow at The National Center for Public Policy Research, about BP’s advertising campaign.

• Imperial Oil in Africa

  Andy Rowell

  Apr07

  A typically insightful piece from Anna Zalik and Michael Watts from the University of California on the deteriorating situation in the Niger Delta. Called “Imperial Oil: Petroleum Politics in the Nigerian Delta and the New Scramble for Africa”, it is worthwhile reading if you are interested in the effect of US geo-politics on Africa. Read…
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• Exposing Exxon’s Pit Bull

  Andy Rowell

  Apr07

  Great article from Business Week Magazine about how Exxon attacked Greenpeace through an organisation called Public Interest Watch. Although this was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, what was not reported was the role of the shadowy PR firm called Dezenhall Resources, whom the article calls the “pit bull of PR”.  If you want…
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