Given what we have been saying about BP on the site recently, it is amusing to read a a different angle from Thomas Borelli, the editor of FreeEnterpriser.com and a senior fellow at The National Center for Public Policy Research, about BP’s advertising campaign.
Author: Andy Rowell
Imperial Oil in Africa
A typically insightful piece from Anna Zalik and Michael Watts from the University of California on the deteriorating situation in the Niger Delta. Called “Imperial Oil: Petroleum Politics in the Nigerian Delta and the New Scramble for Africa”, it is worthwhile reading if you are interested in the effect of US geo-politics on Africa. Read … Read More
Exposing Exxon’s Pit Bull
Great article from Business Week Magazine about how Exxon attacked Greenpeace through an organisation called Public Interest Watch. Although this was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, what was not reported was the role of the shadowy PR firm called Dezenhall Resources, whom the article calls the “pit bull of PR”. If you want … Read More
BP’s Arctic Troubles Mount
For years oil analyst-turned whistleblower, Chuck Hamel, has been saying that the oil company operations in Alaska are a sham. He has become a conduit for whistleblowers working on the North Slope and for Alyeska -the joint pipeline company. They have bought to him information concerning corrosion, quality assurance, health and safety and many other … Read More
2005 Worst Ever Year for Natural Disasters – Lloyd’s Records Losses
Lloyd’s of London – the global insurers – recorded an annual loss of £103 million before tax last year after a record £3.3 billion of hurricane-related insurance claims. But they are not alone: Insurers worldwide have been hit hard as a result of last year’s devastating hurricanes Katrina and Rita, with total claims expected to … Read More
Stop this $30 Billion Gas Folly
Everyone knows that oil is a problem. In the fight against climate change, oil is seen as the chief villain. Gas, meanwhile, likes to portray itself as a clean fuel. But it is not.
BP Back on Track
BP is set to make a full recovery after last year’s setback with Hurricane Katrina, and has just announced oil production of over 4 million barrels of oil a day in first quarter 2006.
Chevrolet Shoots Itself in the Foot
Keen to market its latest gas-guzzler by the trick of online viral marketing, American car company Chevrolet introduced a Web site allowing visitors to take existing video clips and music, and then insert their own words to create a customised 30-second commercial for its 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe model.
There is No Planet B – British Comedian on Politics of Oil
The British comedian, Rob Newman, made his name back in the 1990s as part of the cult-series “The Mary Whitehouse Experience”. Since then he has become increasing concerned about the politics of oil and climate change. Next month on British TV, he returns with a one-off show “Robert Newman’s History of Oil” in which he … Read More
British Broadcaster’s Special Investigation into Climate Change
Some of the British media are acting more akin to NGOs than impartial by-standers on climate change. In print, the Independent newspaper has been collecting readers’ views. Now ITV is undertaking a special global investigation..