Despite the fact we are in deep “doo-doo” over climate (see blog below), the climate sceptic dinosaurs are still grazing in huge numbers, saying that climate change is not happening or not man-made.
In fact next week a huge herd of the beasties will descend on New York for an “International Conference on Climate Change” [...]

One of the authors of Canada’s first national assessment of climate change, Quentin Chiotti, from Pollution Probe’s believes fighting climate change “calls for an effort equal to dealing with global world war” but says that current efforts fall far short.
Chiotti, one of the authors of a report due to be released by the Canadian government [...]

Even as the United Nations maneuvers toward a vote on expanded sanctions against Iran - which Beijing has reportedly approved - China’s main offshore oil and gas company is reported to have signed a $16 billion deal to develop an Iranian gas field.
In doing so, China is maintaining its position that it does not support [...]

A senior European official has described America’s latest offer on climate change as far too little, far too late.
The US climate chief James Connaughton has said that President Bush is ready to sign up to an international long-term goal of huge emissions cuts by 2050. “America’s helping lead the way among the major economies on [...]

Nigeria “wasted” 30 years of oil income, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday as he warned the country against the dangers of neglecting the non-oil sectors of its economy.
“Nigeria has had 40 years of oil but for the first 30 years it wasted the proceeds from that oil,” Strauss-Kahn [...]