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Posts in March 2010

• The Climate Koch-spiracy

  Andy Rowell

  Mar31

  Exxon has often been signalled out as the company doing the most to undermine the science of climate change. But this is no longer the case. There is a new secret climate sceptic funding machine and it is called Koch Industries, the oil and manufacturing giant that is the second largest privately-held company in America.

• The Bust Before the Boom

  Andy Rowell

  Mar30

  The corridors of power in Buenos Aires would have been chortling with laughter yesterday as the British oil boom in the Falklands looked like going bust, even before it began. Over the last month, as the oil-industry hype grew, the war of words between Argentina and Britain escalated, threatening to become a full blown diplomatic…
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• BP’s full steam ahead on tar sands; and the rest of us be damned!

  Lorne Stockman

  Mar29

  In the course of the past month, BP tripled the number of tar sands projects it’s developing, from one to three. While it rocked the tar sands industry back in December 2007, with its announcement of a joint venture with Husky that reversed its 1999 decision to avoid tar sands projects, the following two years…
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• Welcome to Gasland (Just Don’t Drink the Water!)

  Andy Rowell

  Mar26

  As the shale gas boon sweeps America, there is a key battle going on between the oil and gas industry and environmentalists about the environmental impact of fracturing. Fracturing  – where chemicals, sand and water are used to separate the gas from rocks – has been used in oil and gas drilling for decades, but…
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• Anti-Wind Study Linked to Climate Sceptics

  Andy Rowell

  Mar25

  Ask any oil executive where our future energy will come from and they will reply that the answer lies in “the mix”: arguing we need oil, gas, renewables and probably nuclear. The oil industry argues that its days as the predominant provider of energy are not yet over, despite climate change and peak oil. But…
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• Oil Reserves “Exaggerated by One Third”

  Andy Rowell

  Mar24

  Back to the peak oil debate. We could reach peak oil much faster than predicted, according to Sir David King, the British Government’s former chief scientist, who has warned of shortages and price spikes within years. King argues that the world’s oil reserves have been exaggerated by up to a third.  

• Go and Play Tar Nation!

  Andy Rowell

  Mar23

  For all you online gaming enthusiasts out there, it may not have the sophistication of Call of Duty or World of Warcraft, but if you had ever wanted to vent your frustration about the tar sands, this is the game for you. A new video game, Tar Nation, allows players to spray oil on Canadian…
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• Tony Blair’s link with Iraq oil firm kept secret by watch-dog

  Andy Rowell

  Mar22

  In Washington this morning the big story is political reform of the healthcare system, whereas in London it is once again good –old fashioned political sleaze. Channel 4′s Dispatches programme working with the Sunday Times have carried out a great political sting. They set up a fake lobbying firm and approached various ex-Labour Ministers to…
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• US supports new military offensive in Somalia … just don’t mention oil…

  Andy Rowell

  Mar19

  Continuing our African focus over the last couple of days, let’s turn to Somalia. I spent some six months in the country over twenty years ago and even then the American oil company Amoco was busy exploring for oil in the North of the country and in the Gulf of Aden. The reasoning being simple…
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• Sudan’s Oil Figures Don’t Add up, Undermining Peace Deal

  Andy Rowell

  Mar18

  Six months ago, the campaign organisation Global Witness exposed discrepancies in the oil figures for Sudan, raising questions as to whether the revenues were being shared fairly between the North and South of the country. The revenues are important as they under-pin the 2005 peace agreement, which brought to an end one of Africa’s longest-running…
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