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Posts in September 2007

• OZ: Howard Chased by Polar Bears

  Andy Rowell

  Sep20

  On the eve of Australia’s federal election, Prime minister John Howard was followed on his morning walk by polar bears protesting against the destruction of the polar ice caps. The Greenpeace-organised bears tailed Mr Howard on his walk around Canberra’s Lake Burley -Griffin to remind him of the urgency in dealing with climate change and…
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• Iran: OPEC will not be Pressured by Consumers

  Andy Rowell

  Sep20

  As oil prices continue to rise, Iran has warned that OPEC would not allow itself to be pressured by consumers in the face of rising oil prices, saying current record crude highs were good for oil exporting countries. ‘The talk that OPEC is a provider and a regulator of prices and therefore can be pressured…
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• IPCC: “Now We Know That It Will Affect Us”

  Andy Rowell

  Sep19

  The effects of climate change will be felt sooner than scientists realised and the world must learn to live with the effects, experts have warned. Martin Parry, a climate scientist with the British Met Office, said destructive changes in temperature, rainfall and agriculture were now forecast to occur several decades earlier than thought.

• Canada: Panel Calls for Hike in Oil Sands Royalties

  Andy Rowell

  Sep19

  A Canadian government-appointed panel reviewing Alberta’s energy royalties has called for the oil-rich Canadian province to increase its total take from the energy industry by 20 percent a year, or roughly $2 billion Canadian (US $1.97 billion). The report by the provincial panel targets Alberta’s oil sands projects in particular and says royalties have not…
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• California Loses Car-Climate Case

  Andy Rowell

  Sep19

  A US federal judge has dismissed a case brought by California against six leading carmakers over damage caused by the emissions of CO2 from cars. The legal action, the first of its kind, demanded millions of dollars in compensation from General Motors, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Chrysler and Nissan. But the judge ruled that the issue…
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• $100 A Barrel “Next Year”

  Andy Rowell

  Sep18

  As oil prices hit another record, breaching the $81 a barrel mark for the first time, there is yet another warning that the oil price is likely to hit US$100 a barrel by the end of next year. This is due to soaring rates of domestic oil consumption in the world’s leading oil producing nations…
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• UK: Lib Dems to Outlaw Petrol Cars by 2040

  Andy Rowell

  Sep18

  Hoping to out-green the Conservatives (see blog below), Britain’s third largest political party, the Liberal Democrats yesterday unveiled far-reaching proposals to transform Britain into a carbon-neutral economy within 40 years. Delegates at the party’s annual conference in Brighton approved a series of measures, including plans to remove petrol-driven cars from the roads by 2040, invest…
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• Norway: Drop “Green” Car Ads

  Andy Rowell

  Sep18

  Norway’s consumer ombudsman has targeted automakers who claim that their cars are “green”, “clean” or “environmentally friendly” with some of the world’s strictest advertising guidelines. Consumer ombudsman official Bente Oeverli said: “Cars cannot do anything good for the environment except less damage than others.” She said automakers such as Toyota, Opel, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Citroen, Saab…
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• Greenspan: War Was About Oil

  Andy Rowell

  Sep17

  Critics of the Iraq war have always said the war was about oil, but they have been dismissed. However Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, has now shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil after all. In his long-awaited memoir, Greenspan a well respected…
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• Tar Sands: Canada’s “Dirty Little Secret”

  Andy Rowell

  Sep17

  Stupid Idea number two. Good article by Dan Woynillowicz from World Watch on the growing importance of Canada’s tar sands, especially to the US. If you thought coal to oil (see blog below) was stupid, tar sands is much worse. The United States has its hopes pinned on Canada’s “tar sands” for North American security…
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