Archive for October, 2006
Tackle Climate Change or Face Recession, World Leaders Warned
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell October 26th, 2006 in Climate Change, Politics, climate change impactsClimate change could tilt the world’s economy into the worst global recession in recent history, a major report will warn next week. Sir Nicholas Stern, a former chief economist with the World Bank, will warn that governments need to tackle the problem head-on by cutting emissions or face economic ruin.
Climate Change Threatens Pacific Islands
5 Comments Published by Andy Rowell October 25th, 2006 in Climate Change, Oil, climate change impacts, sea-level riseWhilst Britain belatedly introduces a watered-down Climate Bill and other countries tinker and talk about Climate Change, low-lying South Pacific nations such as Kiribati are literally sinking beneath the waves. Kiribati is an archipelago of 33 coral atolls barely 6ft above sea level, and is literally vanishing as sea-temperatures rise.
UK Introduces Climate Bill
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell October 25th, 2006 in Climate Change, PoliticsAfter months of intense pressure, the British government will today agree plans for a Climate Change bill setting new long-term targets to cut carbon emissions in Britain.
Although an independent body will be set up to advise the government on how best to achieve the targets, the government is resisting the idea of a law requiring […]
Foxes, Henhouses, and Lee Raymond
2 Comments Published by Steve Kretzmann October 24th, 2006 in Alternative energy, Energy Security, Oil, Politics, Separate Oil and StateThe Exxpose Exxon coalition, which Oil Change is a part of, is highlighting and objecting to the latest egregious example of the cozy relationship between oil and state. Remember all the scandal around Cheney’s closed door National Energy Strategy? Now there’s a new study – requested by the government and run by the […]
Investment Bank: Politics influences price of oil
Closed Published by Steve Kretzmann October 24th, 2006 in Big Oil Profits, Gas Prices, Oil, Politics, Separate Oil and StateCheck out New York Global Securities analyst Phillip Miller’s investment advice on oil, which boils down to: buy now, because the price is going back up after the election. “We believe that the last three major declines in the price of oil coincided with various U.S. Senatorial hearings and expectations surrounding the upcoming U.S. […]
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