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Archive for April, 2006

More Bad News For BP - This time From Baku

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 20th, 2006 in Oil, Politics, Pollution

More bad new for BP: It has admitted the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline will cost 30 per cent more than first expected. David Woodward, head of BP Azerbaijan, said yesterday the 1,768 km (1,099 mile) pipeline would cost $3.9bn (£2.18bn) rather than $2.95bn.

Suddenly Climate Change is the New Political Issue

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell April 20th, 2006 in Climate Change, Oil, Politics

Normally those working on environmental or “green issues” complain that it is high on the list of peoples’ priorities but low on those of politicians. When an election comes along issues like climate change sink without a trace.

US Worst Polluter - Tries to Bury the Bad News

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 19th, 2006 in Climate Change, Oil

There is a saying that the best way to release bad news is to bury it. So what did the US do on Easter Monday – it released figures that showed that it emitted more greenhouse gases in 2004 than at any time in history, confirming its status as the world’s biggest polluter. Latest figures […]

BP in the Arctic - Silence is the Rule

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 19th, 2006 in Oil, Pollution

For want of getting repetitious, it seems that BP has yet another corrosion problem in Alaska – this is its third. Chuck Hamel, BP’s bette noir, wrote to Stephen Johnson, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to report that BP had suffered additional corrosion leaks, which it had not yet reported. One we […]

Art Not Oil

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 18th, 2006 in Big Oil Profits, Oil, Public Relations

Earlier today I said we haven’t got it in for BP. So, in the interests of impartiality, I am just passing this message on and not commenting on yet another organisation or person having a go at this Great British institution.