The Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper has been accused of “giving George Bush cover” in US effort’s to water the G8 climate change agreement.
Harper has faced criticism for remaining non-committal on whether Canada would support Angela Merkel’s  post-Kyoto agreement. This lack of commitment was giving Mr. Bush the opportunity to deflect pressure from other countries [...]

It’s all hotting up over the G8 Summit next week, where climate and oil will be high on the agenda.
One confrontation seems to have been avoided though. In Brighton, police have finally given the go ahead for one of the rallies for World Naked Bike Ride. This year’s protest hopes to raise awareness of climate [...]

Sunday’s London Independent contains a fascinating little story entitled “Feelgood funding blocks eco-warriors“. Apparently the UK’s top grant giving institutions are more interested in funding conservation and species preservation, than they are in addressing systemic change to stop the root causes of those problems.
Not that its news that charismatic mega-fauna equal mega bucks for [...]

Greenpeace has posted a leaked copy of the Bush Administration’s comments on the draft climate change document that is being negotiated in the run-up to the G8 meeting in Germany. The document needs to be seen to be believed.
The U.S. position seems to that every item of any substance whatsoever needs to be removed. Germany [...]

Iraq will auction 15 oil and gas assets once the new controversial oil law is passed, a top oil ministry official has said.
Fayadh Hassan Nima, the director-general at Iraq’s Oil Ministry, said ‘Iraq is preparing 15 fields and blocks for first round of auction after approval of the oil and gas law … tenders are [...]