25,000 people may have marched through London demanding urgent action on climate change and delegates are in Nairobi for the most crucial climate talks in recent years. But it is business as usual for the oil industry. The biggest drilling rig construction project undertaken in Britain for more than a generation has just been announced.
Month: November 2006
25,000 Demand Action on Climate in London As Report Predicts Chaos in Africa
Over 25,000 people rallied in London at the weekend, calling for urgent action on climate change ahead of today’s UN conference in Nairobi. Marchers from the Stop Climate Chaos coalition assembled in the centre of London, where the protests included a bike ride past the US embassy to Downing Street to hand in a petition … Read More
Bush: Actually, it IS about oil
While talking to Rush Limbaugh last week, and in his last minute campaign barnstorming for Republican candidates, George Bush confirmed his fear of Islamic extremists who “control oil resources” – and then immediately talked about “a country that doesn’t like us with a nuclear weapon”. You think maybe he’s thinking about Iran? “Give me a … Read More
Russia Punishes Georgia with Huge Gas Price Hike
In a move that has echoes of a year ago, Russia has announced that it is to double the price of gas to its neighbour Georgia. The move is being seen as part of its increasingly bitter campaign of retribution against the country, which is already reeling from a string of punitive measures imposed by … Read More
Bush Administration Lets Chevron Off the Hook
The US Interior Department has dropped claims that Chevron systematically underpaid the government for natural gas produced in the Gulf of Mexico, a decision that could allow energy companies to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties, the New York Times has reported.
BP Slashed Budgets, Despite Safety Warnings
The scale of BP’s safety problems have been highlighted with the publication of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB) preliminary findings into the company’s Texas refinery fire that killed fifteen people. The Board found that top officials at BP allowed widespread budget cuts at the refinery even though they were well aware … Read More