Posts in March 2009
G20 Meeting Starts on Fossil Fools Day….
So tomorrow is Fossil Fools day – and as it is the start of the G20 meeting in London, there will be lots of protests happening against the current economic meltdown, with people demanding radical action from the G20 leaders. First off will be four simultaneous marches, led by effigies of the four horsemen of…
Continue reading ‘G20 Meeting Starts on Fossil Fools Day….’.Stern: “High carbon growth kills itself”
Lord Stern, the economist who is now a leading voice on climate change, is interviewed at length in The Guardian today. The paper exaggerates and simplifies Stern’s importance when they say he is “The man in charge of saving the world”. But Stern will be an influential voice in the climate negotiations this year and…
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As the oil price continues to delay development in the controversial and dirty oil sands, two Canadian oil companies have responded by consolidating their operations and merging. When Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada announced earlier this week that they were to merge to create Canada’s largest oil company, Suncor’s president and CEO Rick George said: “I…
Continue reading ‘A Marriage Made for Mordor’.Obama “May Delay” Copenhagen Climate Deal
There is growing evidence that President Obama will be forced to delay signing up to any new agreement on climate change in Copenhagen due to the scale of opposition in the US Congress. Senior figures in Obama’s administration have warned their political counterparts in London that Obama may need another six months to win domestic…
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Yesterday was the 20th Anniversary of America’s worst oil spill, the Exxon Valdez. It may be twenty years but the scars of the disaster are still being felt today. Take a quick glance at Prince William Sound and you would be forgiven into thinking everything is alright. But you would be wrong. Scratch underneath the…
Continue reading ’20 Years On …. A Lesson for Tar Sands’.“If we don’t spend this money wisely, we will have failed”
The US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, has likened his new job as being “dumped in the deep end of the pool.” In an illuminating interview with the New York Times over the week-end Chu talked about the pressures and strains of his new job. “I didn’t appreciate how much of a public figure you become,”…
Continue reading ‘“If we don’t spend this money wisely, we will have failed”’.Iraq Offers Concessions to Foreign Oil Companies
Finally, slowly but surely the oil majors are getting what they want in Iraq. Forced into action over the low oil price, Iraq’s government is proposing to give foreign oil companies a majority stake in projects developing oil and gas fields. The Iraqis are also offering further new fields for development to foreign firms, which…
Continue reading ‘Iraq Offers Concessions to Foreign Oil Companies’.UN Accuses EU of “Shifting the Goalposts” on Climate
Politicians would not be politicians if they did not wriggle out over promises they have made in the past. Ask them a straight question and you never get a straight answer. If they give a firm commitment, often they renegade on it. So should we really be surprised that the UN’s chief negotiator on climate…
Continue reading ‘UN Accuses EU of “Shifting the Goalposts” on Climate’.Shell Dumps Wind and Solar
Politicians may be talking about a “Green New Deal”, and how environmental technologies will kick-start the economy out its current crisis, but one of the world’s largest oil companies does not agree. In a hugely important decision, which will have serious ramifications for both the company and wider energy debate, Shell has said that it…
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For a decade now – since Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death and the Brent Spar fiasco – Shell has done its utmost to portray itself as a green oil company. It hasn’t quite gone to the lengths of its rival BP and completely rebranded its logo, but it has spent millions of dollars trying to change perceptions…
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