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Posts in September 2006

• EU Wants Energy Giants Split Up

  Andy Rowell

  Sep29

  The European Competition Commissioner has sent shock-waves through the region’s energy industries by proposing that integrated French and German gas and electricity giants might be broken up.The Commissioner, Neelie Kroes said there were too many conflicts of interest for companies that own distribution networks as well as supplying customers. She promised a more wide-ranging regulatory…
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• Virgin Launches Space-Flights

  Andy Rowell

  Sep29

  Just days after promising billions to fight climate change, Sir Richard Branson has unveiled the latest designs of his rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business. The Virgin “spaceships” are designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 140km on a sub-orbital space flight….
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• Bush Blocks Critical Climate Report

  Andy Rowell

  Sep28

  The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests climate change is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature has reported. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – part of the Commerce Department – in February set up a seven-member panel to prepare a consensus report on…
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• UK Government: “You Should be Scared” About Climate Change

  Andy Rowell

  Sep28

  People “should be scared” about climate change and be willing to take action to help tackle the problem. That is the message from Britain’s young Environment Secretary, David Miliband. He said he had thought he had been well-informed about climate change but had quickly been shocked by what he had learned since taking on the…
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• Arnie Sets the Pace on Climate

  Andy Rowell

  Sep28

  California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has certainly got the bit between his teeth. He has just signed a new law that sets targets to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 – the first US state to set such an ambitious target. Although details on how the emission cuts will be achieved are…
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• Why is the Oil Price Falling?

  Andy Rowell

  Sep27

  Something strange is happening. Have you noticed it? The gas price is falling. The news that the price of crude oil dipped below $60 dollars has sparked a furious response as to why it is happening. Some are arguing that the price of oil has dipped due to political pressure from the Bush Administration before…
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• Earth’s Temperature is “Dangerously High”

  Andy Rowell

  Sep27

  The Earth’s temperature could be reaching its highest level in a million years, according to Nasa scientists. Comparison of current temperature with historical estimates showed the current temperature was now within 1C of the maximum temperature of the past million years. The scientists said that in the 30 years to the end of 2005, temperatures…
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• Row Escalates Between US And Russia Over Gas

  Andy Rowell

  Sep26

  There are signs that there is a growing diplomatic row between the US and Russia over energy and trade. The Times has reported how “American oil companies Chevron and ConocoPhillips could be shut out of a massive Arctic gas project in a sharp chilling of trade relations between Moscow and Washington”.

• South American Biofuel Boom Sparks Ecological Fears

  Andy Rowell

  Sep26

  Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is aiming to turn his country into a biofuel superpower using ethanol and biodiesel. But environmentalists are warning that this could trigger a massive expansion of the agricultural frontier deeper into the Amazon, destroying habitat and biodiversity.

• British Government Wades Into Sakhalin Row

  Andy Rowell

  Sep25

  The British government has now waded into the spat between Russia and Shell over its $20bn Sakhalin-2 energy project, suggesting a diplomatic row could be brewing. Downing Street, is said to be following events “very closely” and says: “The government is raising its concerns about the decision with the Russian government”. The US state department…
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