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Posts in June 2006

• EU and US Talk About Action on Climate As EU Fails Kyoto Targets

  Andy Rowell

  Jun26

  Hold the front page: As the world warms to unprecedented levels and climate change begins to wreck havoc from the Arctic to the Alps, the US and the EU have agreed to radical plans… They have decided to work more closely to address the “serious and long-term challenge” of climate change.

• Can You Be Sure of Shell?

  Andy Rowell

  Jun23

  Shell is embroiled in a major safety scandal after one of its senior consultants has disclosed to The Guardian newspaper that documents have been falsified and safety procedures ignored in the North Sea. What’s worth, the consultant, Bill Campbell, who worked directly for Shell for 24 years, says he brought his concerns to the attention…
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• Gore: US Still In Denial on Climate

  Andy Rowell

  Jun23

  Al Gore, in London for a meeting with British Chancellor Gordon Brown, said that President Clinton’s failure to get Kyoto ratified was due mainly to the fact that many people in the US were then, and to a certain extent still are, in a state of denial about the severity of the crisis.

• Biotech BP

  Andy Rowell

  Jun21

  BP has announced that it is planning to spend $500 million to set up a biofuels research centre that will be attached to a major US or UK university. BP says the centre – which will be called the BP Energy Biosciences Institute – will focus on improving the efficiency of existing biofuels; developing new…
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• China Buys Billion-Barrel Russian Field from TNK-BP

  Andy Rowell

  Jun21

  The dragon is thirsty. China’s consumption of oil has risen exponentially in the past decade and by last year it was the largest oil importer after the US. Slowly but surely China is buying up foreign oil and gas reserves to fuel its rapidly growing economy. In little under a year, Chinese firms have signed…
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• EU Biofuels Fall Short of Targets

  Andy Rowell

  Jun20

  European politicians may talk up the progress they are making on climate change, however the biofuels sector is still struggling to meet targets. A new survey by Paris-based consortium Eurobserver, has found that EU production of biofuels in 2010 is projected to be just over half of the European commission’s target of 18m tonnes oil…
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• Stop Complaining About Gas Prices

  Andy Rowell

  Jun20

  Stop complaining about high gas prices – you have it cheap – that is the message from the oil barons to the American public. In parts of Europe, gas prices are $5 per gallon to $7 per gallon, the chairman of ConocoPhillips, James Mulva, argued when he appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press. Mulva, who…
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• The Observer And Shell Greenwash Together

  Andy Rowell

  Jun19

  Its great to see the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, The Observer doing a pull-out section on energy to inform its readers on climate change and renewables. … the only slight problem is that the whole edition is in association with Shell. On the site there is a link to where “Anna” from Shell…
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• Democrats Promise to End Big Oil Subsidies

  Andy Rowell

  Jun19

  The Democrats have announced key issues on which they will fight the mid-term elections in November. These include eliminating subsidies for oil and gas companies as well as a 25 percent reduction in oil use by 2020, largely by developing fuel alternatives in the United States. “We want to send our energy money to the…
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• Had Enough of Big Oil?

  Andy Rowell

  Jun16

  Oil Change’s Separate Oil and State campaign is just about to kick-off big time. The ad below is ready to run in newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York Times. The House just authorized drilling in the Arctic, the Bush Administration is still slashing energy efficiency programs, and both are opposing any kind…
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