I would just like to tell you that we haven’t specifically got it in for BP - the oil giant seems to have it in for itself.

Lets carry on this theme for a minute. The US produces nearly half of global emissions from vehicles, because they drive bigger more fuel inefficient cars further than anyone else. These emissions cause climate change which in turn causes more frequent hurricanes. More hurricanes and storms means more property damage and more property damage means [...]

So we now know that nearly half the global pollution coming from exhaust pipes is from US cars, because Americans drive bigger more fuel inefficient cars for longer than anyone else. So is that trend going to stop? No.
The big three US auto makers are in the midst of offering ridiculous bargains to tempt consumers [...]

Will the bad news ever stop for BP? US federal investigators have now charged the beleaguered oil giant with “secretly and illegally” cornering a portion of the U.S. propane market - a move that drove up heating and cooking costs for millions of poor and rural Americans.

Good article in today’s Independent on ethanol, which answers the question is ethanol the answer to reducing our CO2 emissions?
Mike McCarthy, the paper’s environment editor, replies “It would certainly seem so at first sight, not least because the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions are those from the transport sector, and it is in road transport [...]