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Posts in June 2007

• It’s a Wash Out

  Andy Rowell

  Jun26

  Large parts of Eastern and Northern Britain remain under water this morning as over a month’s rain fell in less than twenty four hours. Residents south the city of Sheffield have been evacuated after fears that a dam may burst, after cracks appeared in its side. Some parts of the country received more rain in…
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• Peak Oil: US Expert Calls on Australia to Act

  Andy Rowell

  Jun26

  The former White House consultant, Roger Bezdek, who is on a trip to Australia, has urged the Oz federal government to rigorously assess the looming impact of peak oil. He called for the government to create an independent body to study peak oil and create solutions ahead of a “liquid fuels crisis”.

• Gore: Too Little, Too Late

  Andy Rowell

  Jun25

  In an extraordinary outburst aimed at America’s failure to tackle global warming, Al Gore says that if scientific agreement on the climate crisis had been reached sooner it would have been easier to “galvanise the public and persuade Congress to act”. “The nature and severity of the climate crisis had seemed painfully obvious to me…
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• North Slope: 50 Years Left

  Andy Rowell

  Jun25

  Although oil production on the North Slope is in steady decline, its largest operator, BP, remains bullish about the future because of the region’s untapped resources. BP says the region is teeming with enough natural gas and heavy crude oil to keep production going for another 50 years.

• Gazprom and Eni Propose €10bn Pipeline

  Andy Rowell

  Jun25

  The Russian state-controlled gas company, Gazprom and Italian energy group, ENI, are proposing a €10bn-plus pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe in a move that will reignite concerns about the European Union’s dependence on Russian supplies. With the backing of both Russian and Italian governments, the companies signed a memorandum of understanding at the…
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• Senate Passes Energy Bill

  Andy Rowell

  Jun22

  The US Senate passed a broad energy bill late yesterday that will require the first big increase in fuel mileage requirements for passenger cars in American in more than two decades. The vote, 65 to 27, was a major defeat for car manufacturers, which had fought for a much smaller increase in fuel economy standards…
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• Lights Out London

  Andy Rowell

  Jun22

  Lights across London were switched off for an hour yesterday evening to encourage London’s three million households to conserve energy. The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus were among the landmarks plunged into darkness to try and raise the issue of climate change. The Lights Out London campaign aimed to have all non-essential…
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• EU Challenges OPEC

  Andy Rowell

  Jun22

  EU officials and OPEC met in Vienna yesterday for an “Energy Dialogue”. The EU argued that oil prices were about as high as consumers could bear, challenging OPEC to lift restrictions on production. OPEC retaliated that the oil market is already “well supplied.” Talks between the groups ended on a conciliatory note, however, with the…
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• Nobel Women Speak Out Against Iraqi Oil Law

  Steve Kretzmann

  Jun21

  The Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) was established in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire. At NWI’s First International Conference two weeks ago, Oil Change International’s Antonia Juhasz joined Yanar Mohammed from Iraq to educate participants on the perils of the…
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• Climate Change Will Lead to World in Flames

  Andy Rowell

  Jun21

  Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to “a world going up in flames”, Achim Steiner, the head of UNEP has warned. From rising sea levels in the Indian Ocean to the increasing spread of desert in Africa’s Sahel region, climate change will cause new wars across the world, the outlook…
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