Archive for May, 2009
Climate Summit Inc.
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 22nd, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen ConferenceProbably the most important climate meeting in the run up to the main December Copenhagen conference is happening this weekend.
No its not a scientific get-together, but its big business being given unprecedented access to the UN climate negotiations, in cohorts with the hosts of the December meeting, the Danish government.
199 Days to Stop Climate Disaster
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell May 21st, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, climate change impacts, oil sandsWith less than 200 days to go until the Copenhagen Climate talks, progress is said to be “steadily and slowly” being made.
“There is a constructive atmosphere in the negotiations and I’m very encouraged,” Yvo de Boer, the head of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change said last week.
But the “slow and steady” political progress [...]
Obama’s First Step on Fuel Standards
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell May 20th, 2009 in Auto Industry, Fuel Efficiency, gas guzzlersYears and years ago I sat in a meeting entitled “Talking with the Enemy” where a bunch of enviros sat down with leading corporate executives and talked about the topical issues of the day.
One of the participants was the man from Volvo who talked about the company’s prototype vehicle the LCP 2000, that could, in [...]
Shell: World’s Most Carbon Intensive Oil Company
10 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 19th, 2009 in Carbon Intensity, Climate Change, Gas flaring, Iraq, LNG, financial risk of climate change, oil industry outlook, oil sands, tar sandsOf all the oil majors, Shell prides itself on undertaking cutting edge energy forecasting, that not only inform the group’s thinking but also dove-tail into policy making by decision makers across the energy spectrum.
It is one of the few companies to get out its crystal-ball and try and predict what the energy future will look [...]
1,000 Reported Dead in Nigeria on Eve of Shell AGM
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 18th, 2009 in African Oil, Gas flaring, War, WiwaVShell, violenceTomorrow is the Shell AGM: the show case of the company’s year. Shell will be under fire from investors over corporate pay, but its record in Nigeria should be the real reason the company is in the spotlight.
In the Hague, the main venue for Shell’s main AGM, the oil company’s top brass will be out [...]
