Archive for the 'Coal' Category
Meet the Top Dozen “Climate Killers”
18 Comments Published by Andy Rowell January 13th, 2010 in Climate Change, Coal, Public Relations, US politics, climate sceptics, lobbying, oil industry front groupsAs promised from yesterday, here are the top dozen Climate Killers from Rolling Stones list.
According to the magazine, “the polluters and deniers are aiding Big Oil and Big Coal’s campaign to block progress on global warming”.
I am sure you won’t agree with everyone on the list (as I don’t) so here goes:
1. The Profiteer - [...]
“Its easier to defeat Hitler than Big Coal and Oil…”
2 Comments Published by Andy Rowell January 12th, 2010 in Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Coal, Copenhagen Conference, Public Relations, US politics, lobbyingIts not often now in journalism that someone tells you how it is and puts their neck on the line in no nonsense language.
So good old Rolling Stone - the grandfather rock and roll mag that has a great article on how the oil and gas killed hopes of a climate deal in the US [...]
The Angry Mermaid Strikes Back
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 16th, 2009 in "Clean Coal", Airline industry, Astroturfing, Biofuels, CCS, Clean Development Mechanism, Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, Corporate front groups, Public Relations, aircraft travel, carbon offsetting, carbon trading, coal to liquids, greenwashing, lobbying, oil industry front groups, oil sands, tar sandsAll the news reports this morning are that a deal at Copenhagen is dead. Barack Obama has said that we had run out of time to secure a deal in December.
This will please the corporate lobbyists no end. The longer they can delay action on climate the better.
But now Copenhagen’s iconic mermaid is striking back. [...]
The “Corporate Killer” that is Nuclear Power
2 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 11th, 2009 in "Clean Coal", CCS, Nuclear energy, economics of energyAt the end of the day energy comes down to economics.
Drilling oil out of the deserts of the Middle East is inherently more profitable than boiling them out of Canadian boreal forest.
Any deal at Copenhagen will hinge on how much the rich are prepared to pay the poor.
There will be no clean coal, unless the [...]
“No Democratic Legitimacy” for New Nukes and Coal
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 9th, 2009 in "Clean Coal", Climate Change, Coal, Nuclear energyA radical shake-up of Britain’s planning laws is going to be announced today which will make it easier for the government to fast-track or steam-roll large energy projects such as nuclear, gas or power stations or even wind turbines.
In all the government will publish six “National Policy Statements” on energy this afternoon, including - most [...]
