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Saudi Arabia Promises to help Reduce CO2 Emissions in Oil Industry
Andy Rowell
May25
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter and therefore the world’s largest indirect polluter, has finally signalled it will help the fight against global warming through, wait for it, helping research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the oil industry!
Where Does it Stop?
Steve Kretzmann
May24
An amusing and disturbing AP story ran yesterday on GM’s new pledge to cap gas prices at $1.99 per gallon for customers in California and Florida who buy certain vehicles (mostly SUVs) by July 5. The Hummer is among them. We’re wondering if GM might also be interested in sponsoring the following costs: the shipment…
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No Flying Website Launched
Andy Rowell
May24
A new website dedicated to people who are interested in travelling without flying or “slow travel” (aka slow food) has been launched – interested then check it out here.
Ten Billion Euro Nuclear Fusion Project Gets Go Ahead
Andy Rowell
May24
A €10bn (£7bn) project, called Iter, to build a prototype nuclear fusion reactor will be signed off in Brussels by the EU, Japan, China, South Korea, India and the US today. Its proponents argue that prospect of virtually limitless energy is no longer science fiction. Advocates argue that nuclear fusion is the most promising long-term…
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Sir David Attenborough: Climate is the Major Threat Facing World
Andy Rowell
May24
One of Britain’s best known and respected conservationists has finally broken his silence over climate change. Sir David Attenborough, the face and voice of the BBC’s programmes on wildlife for the last fifty years, has told today’s Independent newspaper: “I was sceptical about climate change. I was cautious about crying wolf. I am always cautious…
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$60 Million Pledged for Climate Change Research in Africa
Andy Rowell
May23
Talking of Africa. A new aid-agency partnership has pledged US$60 million over five years to fund research into how Africa can best deal with the effects of climate change. The scheme called the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Programme, is a joint project of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK Department for…
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Exxon-Funded Sceptics Turn on Gore
Andy Rowell
May23
As Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, premiers at the Cannes film festival, the Exxon-funded climate sceptics are crawling out to attack him. One of those is Myron Ebell, the arch-fossil fuel advocate from the Exxon-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, the organisation that recently launched the most bizarre adverts promoting the benefits of CO2.
More on The Great Iraq Oil Grab
Andy Rowell
May22
If you thought the new Iraqi government would govern Iraq for the people, well, I”m sorry. Think again. Good article on Alternet today about who controls Iraq’s oil fields. It quotes Antonia Juhasz, author of “The Bush Agenda,” who has undertaken her own research into Production Sharing Agreements – that were the subject of the…
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Exxon: Protecting Tomorrow Today (So They Say)
Andy Rowell
May19
It’s official. According to Exxon and its latest Corporate Citizenship Report it is not a dinosaur when it comes to climate change or corporate responsibility.
The Future of Air Travel Lands At Heathrow
Andy Rowell
May19
To its supporters its shear size is something special, for the Airbus 380 that landed for the first time at London’s Heathrow yesterday is enormous. Its wing span is bigger than a football pitch – it weighs 150 tonnes and can carry some 840 passengers, that’s over 400 more than a 747.