Archive for March, 2009
G20 Meeting Starts on Fossil Fools Day….
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 31st, 2009 in Climate Change, Financial Crisis, carbon trading, protestsSo 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 the [...]
Stern: “High carbon growth kills itself”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 30th, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, Financial CrisisLord 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 his [...]
A Marriage Made for Mordor
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell March 27th, 2009 in Canada, mergers and acquisitions, oil sands, tar sandsAs 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 don’t [...]
Obama “May Delay” Copenhagen Climate Deal
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 26th, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, Post-Kyoto, US politicsThere 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 support [...]
20 Years On …. A Lesson for Tar Sands
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell March 25th, 2009 in Pollution, impact on wildlife, oil sands, tar sandsYesterday 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 surface and [...]
