Do you know what today is? Of course you do. The 9th October is Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day in the US. But it is also the day of the year that humanity begins to rake up an ecological overdraft driven by unsustainable exploitation of the world’s resources, according to a report by Global Footprint … Read More
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Chevron Wins Greenwash Award
Got nothing better to do this evening? Well why not hop along to Chevron’s Annual Conservation Awards. Amazon Watch, Amnesty International USA, San Ramon Cares about Ecuador, FACES, West County Toxics Coalition, and the Californians for Clean Energy/Yes on 87 are looking for people to join them this evening at 5:00pm on the sidewalk outside … Read More
Clampdown on Air Travel “A Must”
Leading climate scientists have told the government that a “severe clampdown” on air travel will be necessary for the UK government to meet its CO2 reduction targets. Researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change believe that the number of flights will have to be frozen at today’s levels or even lower to avoid catastrophic … Read More
Police Evict Anti-Shell Protestors in Ireland
Police have clashed heavily with local campaigners fighting Shell’s plans to lay a pipeline in County Mayo in Ireland. The community had managed to block construction of the project for more than a year. But earlier this week about 170 police were deployed at dawn at the proposed pipeline terminal to remove the protesters who … Read More
Climate: The Time to Act is Now
The world must act now to curb climate change, as doing nothing will cost more long-term. That was the message from the UK to the closed-door meeting in Mexico of representatives of 20 of the world’s most-polluting nations. Ministers from G8 nations are joined at the event by representatives from the emerging economies of China, … Read More
US Builds LNG Terminals for Imported Gas
A quiet revolution is taking place in Louisiana, courtesy of company you have probably never heard of: Cheniere Energy. With help from Exxon Mobil and others, Cheniere are building three new liquefied natural gas terminals that will double America’s capacity to import natural gas by 2011.
Shell: Hypocrite of the Year
Following on from the last blog – Shell has been an integral part of the conflict in Nigeria for nearly fifty years. It’s record of environmental pollution and complicity in human rights abuses is well documented. However the company continues to try and greenwash it activities. That is one reason why campaigners are highlighting the … Read More
More Nigerian Kidnaps
The vortex of violence in the Niger Delta shows no sign of abating. The news agency, Reuters has reported how 20 Nigerian Shell contractors are missing after an attack. According to Reuters the men were abducted during a raid earlier this week on a convoy of boats supplying oilfields.
The Century of Drought
In one of the most dire predictions yet on climate change, Britain’s leading climate scientists believe that drought will threaten half the land surface of the Earth by the end of the century, affecting hundreds of millions of people Extreme drought, in which agriculture is in effect impossible, will affect about a third of the … Read More
Canada Urged Over Carbon Emissions
Canada should move quickly to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the country’s commissioner for the environment and sustainable development has warned. “Our future is at stake,” said Johanne GĂ©linas. “I am more troubled than ever by the federal government’s longstanding failure to confront one of the greatest challenges of our time”.