2006 June at Oil Change

Archive for June, 2006

BP and Shell: Stop Spinning the Truth

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 13th, 2006 in Oil, Public Relations

Good article by George Monbiot in today’s Guardian, attacking Shell and BP’s for greenwashing and spinning the truth.
He talks about the BP spill in Alaska that we have been blogging about requently on the site. “For a company that claims to have moved “beyond petroleum”, BP has managed to spill an awful lot of it […]

Western Governors Admit Action Needed on Climate

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 13th, 2006 in Climate Change, Oil, Politics

A bipartisan group of western US governors – the Western Governor’s Association - has finally acknowledged that greenhouse gases are on the rise. They are now arguing that action is needed to reduce global warming.

BP: The Days of Cheap Oil Are Not Over

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell June 13th, 2006 in Oil, Oil Price

Lord Browne, BP’s chief executive, went against the grain of recent energy hikes and said that within a few years crude oil prices would be $40 a barrel or even lower. “It is very likely that, in the medium term, prices will stand at about $40 on average. In the very long run, even $25 […]

Kyoto: One Billion Tonne Reduction By 2012

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 12th, 2006 in Climate Change, Politics

One of the main tools of the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism, will reduce carbon emissions by a billion tonnes by the end of 2012, the end of the present Kyoto commitment period, the UN has claimed.

Energy Security Fears Haunt G8 Finance Meeting

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell June 12th, 2006 in Gas, Oil, Politics

The G8 Summit in St. Petersburg is now just weeks away but last weekend saw the city host a meeting of the G8’s Finance Ministers. Although there was said to be “plenty of smiles and warm words about friendship and collaboration”, the politicians failed to find unity over the sensitive issue of energy security.