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Sakhalin Energy: “Our Critics Are Wrong”

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell July 21st, 2006 in Oil, Politics, Public Relations, Russian oil, impact on wildlife

Rich Cookson’s next dispatch from Sakhalin:
The Deputy CEO of Sakhalin Energy, David J Greer, is bullish about his company’s impact on Sakhalin, dismissing many of his critics’ claims as “absolutely wrong”. “We bring joy and happiness to the people of Sakhalin,” he says. “And we are providing clean and efficient energy to an energy-starved world.”

BP Being Boycotted for Racial Discrimination

2 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 30th, 2006 in Oil, Politics, Public Relations

I would just like to tell you that we haven’t specifically got it in for BP - the oil giant seems to have it in for itself.

Biotech BP

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 21st, 2006 in Alternative energy, Biofuels, Oil, Public Relations

BP has announced that it is planning to spend $500 million to set up a biofuels research centre that will be attached to a major US or UK university. BP says the centre – which will be called the BP Energy Biosciences Institute – will focus on improving the efficiency of existing biofuels; developing new […]

The Observer And Shell Greenwash Together

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 19th, 2006 in Alternative energy, Oil, Public Relations

Its great to see the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, The Observer doing a pull-out section on energy to inform its readers on climate change and renewables.

BP and Shell: Stop Spinning the Truth

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell June 13th, 2006 in Oil, Public Relations

Good article by George Monbiot in today’s Guardian, attacking Shell and BP’s for greenwashing and spinning the truth.
He talks about the BP spill in Alaska that we have been blogging about requently on the site. “For a company that claims to have moved “beyond petroleum”, BP has managed to spill an awful lot of it […]