Archive for the 'Public Relations' Category
21 years later oil still pollutes Prince William Sound
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell January 19th, 2010 in Arctic oil, Pollution, Public Relations, impact on wildlifeFor those of you who have not seen the film the Age of Stupid, Pete Postlethwaite, puts in a great performance as a despairing archivist wondering how we allowed the world to be ravaged by climate change.
You could imagine Pete putting in a similar performance as an archivist looking back at how the oil industry [...]
A green oil industry: a contradiction in terms..
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell January 18th, 2010 in Arctic oil, Offshore, Public Relations, oil industry outlook, tar sandsNo one would like to consider their job to be an oxymoron, essentially a contradiction in terms.
But that is what you could describe the job title for the editor of a new online magazine called “Greening of oil magazine”.
The new mag says it will be dedicated to “tracking energy’s environmental footprint”, but you could argue [...]
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. [...]
