They say a week is a long-time in politics, and so it is for ex-politicians. Earlier this week, Al Gore was under fire from a British High Court Judge for making “alarmist” and “exaggerated” claims in his film An Inconvenient Truth. Today, Gore will silence his critics with the announcement that, along with the IPCC, … Read More
Climate Change
Revealed: The Hidden Agenda Behind Al Gore Film Attack
It’s the story many hacks and sceptics have been waiting for: to shoot down Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. Last night, the BBC’s flagship news programme, the Ten O’Clock news, led with the story that a British High Court Judge had ruled that Gore’s film had made “alarmist” and “exaggerated” claims. Sadly, BBC … Read More
The bright side of 90 degrees in October. Sort of.
So, here we are in Washington, sweating away in what is being called Red October for its record temperatures. Fall is reportedly actually on the way soon, but its looking like a mild winter on the East Coast this year. According to the Wall St. Journal, seasonal forecasts from the the National Weather Service call … Read More
Why protest?
Its a very busy fall for us here at Oil Change International. As our concern over both the war and global warming is growing, we’re putting a lot of effort into manifesting that concern into protest. The connection between protest and change is real, and important to understand. In a recent academic study (pdf) of … Read More
UN Warns Climate Change “Mega-Disaster” is Here
A record number of floods, droughts and storms around the world this year amount to a climate change “mega disaster”, the United Nation’s emergency relief coordinator, Sir John Holmes, has warned. Sir John, a British diplomat who is also known as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said dire predictions about the impact of global … Read More
Arctic Ice Island Breaks in Half
The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada’s northern shores has broken in two, much earlier than expected. In a season of record summer melting in the region, the two chunks have moved rapidly through the water – one of them covering 98km (61 miles) in a week. The original Manhattan-sized berg (16km by five … Read More
Bush’s Climate Plan “Discredited”
Poor old George. Like a stuck record his feeble plan for countries to set their own targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions was widely criticized by other countries. Some delegates at a meeting of the world’s top 16 polluters saw Mr Bush’s comments as a US reluctance to commit to binding action on global warming. … Read More
Rice Defends Bush Climate Talks
Poor old Condi, being sent to bat for the President again. Yesterday the poor US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, had to defend Bush’s climate change conference in Washington against accusations that it was a spoiler intended to undermine UN efforts to secure a global compromise. As activists including OCI’s Director, Steve Kretzmann were arrested … Read More
Bush “Greenwashing” Summit Kicks Off
For the first time in 16 years, a major environmental conference has opened in Washington, hosted by the Bush administration. But no concrete results are expected, and that – say European participants – is the point of this high-level meeting. UPDATE: 50 Activists were arrested at a protest in front of the State Department on … Read More
UN Boss Criticises Bush Over Climate Forum
The Bush administration was criticised yesterday for organising an alternative climate change forum, as the United Nations secretary general stressed that the UN is the best place to discuss global measures. “The UN climate process is the appropriate forum for negotiating global action,” the UN’s Ban Ki-moon, told world leaders and superstars of the climate … Read More