Archive for August, 2009
Copenhagen: Climate Change to Cost $300 Billion/Yr
3 Comments Published by Andy Rowell August 28th, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, climate change impacts, financial risk of climate change101 days to go until the biggest climate jamboree ever seen.
The UN Copenhagen climate conference will be a defining moment in how humanity responds to the issue.
World leaders can either finally grasp the nettle by agreeing drastic cuts in CO2 levels, and getting out their check book to pay for it.
Valero’s Flawed “Voices for Energy”
11 Comments Published by Andy Rowell August 27th, 2009 in Cap and Trade, Public Relations, refiningSo the trickle turns into a tide. They are all at it now. There is a sudden rush amongst oil and gas companies in the US to garner grasssroots support to attack the Climate bill.
Just days after Greenpeace released an internal memo from the oil boys at the American Petroleum Institute, detailing plans to launch [...]
Africa to Demand Billions in Climate Compensation
2 Comments Published by Andy Rowell August 26th, 2009 in Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, climate change impacts, famine, financial risk of climate changeIt’s your mess – now you pay for it.
That’s the message from African leaders to Western countries as they mull over a proposal to demand tens of billions of dollars in compensation – one figure muted is $67 billion a year – from developed countries for the effects of climate change.
African Ministers have been meeting [...]
Iraq Offers 2nd Round of Oil Bids
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell August 25th, 2009 in Iraq, Iraq Oil LawSo the great Iraqi oil sell-off continues. The embattled Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani will today unveil the next round of oil contracts at a conference in Istanbul.
Al-Shahristani is under pressure to pull in investment after the Iraqi government’s first round only secured one deal for the vast Rumaila field: BP and China National Petroleum [...]
“British companies are killing us”
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell August 24th, 2009 in Climate Change, Pollution, indigenous rights, oil sands, protests, tar sandsOn Wednesday, the fourth Annual climate camp will happen at an undisclosed location in London, building on previous year’s success at Drax, Kingsnorth and Heathrow.
With just months to go to the crucial Copenhagen Climate Summit in December, the intention is to force our politicians to act.
But activists from around Britain will also be joined by [...]
