A senior scientist whose work is being featured in adverts produced by the Exxon-funded Competitive Enterprise Insitute, has condemned them as “a deliberate effort to mislead.” Professor Curt Davis of the University of Missouri-Columbia whose study on Antarctic ice sheets is used in the adverts, says they “are confusing and misleading the public.” The adverts … Read More
Climate Change
Saudi Arabia Promises to help Reduce CO2 Emissions in Oil Industry
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter and therefore the world’s largest indirect polluter, has finally signalled it will help the fight against global warming through, wait for it, helping research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the oil industry!
Exxon: Protecting Tomorrow Today (So They Say)
It’s official. According to Exxon and its latest Corporate Citizenship Report it is not a dinosaur when it comes to climate change or corporate responsibility.
The Future of Air Travel Lands At Heathrow
To its supporters its shear size is something special, for the Airbus 380 that landed for the first time at London’s Heathrow yesterday is enormous. Its wing span is bigger than a football pitch – it weighs 150 tonnes and can carry some 840 passengers, that’s over 400 more than a 747.
BBC’s Climate Chaos
The BBC is just about to launch a whole series of programmes called “Climate Chaos” – for more details see the section on their website. One of the programmes is by Panorama, who will be examining how “the Bush administration has resisted calls to engage in Kyoto, and has been accused of a systematic campaign … Read More
Climate Change Turning Corals to Rubble
More bad news for corals. Whole stretches of pristine coral reefs have been turned into “slime-covered rubble” because of rising sea temperatures caused by climate change according to a new study in the Seychelles.
Global Greenhouse Emissions Increase 15% in A Decade
Global greenhouse emissions increased 15 per cent over the decade 1992 to 2002, according to the World Bank. Although industrialised countries continue to be the worst offenders for climate change, China and India are also pushing up emissions.
Canada Back-Tracks on Climate Commitments
As the first stage of new talks on the Kyoto agreement got under way in Bonn yesterday it emerged that one of the key countries – Canada – is willing to comply with its Kyoto commitments only if its emissions targets are lowered in phase two of the agreement.
Yes Men Hit Halliburton
On a lighter note. At the end of last week, the Yes Men, a group of activists known for their stunts against corporate executives, targetted Halliburton, the global oil services company. Pretending to be Halliburton executives they gave a presentation at a trade conference in Florida advocating the use of “SurvivaBall”, a large inflatable suit … Read More
Africa: Facing Greatest Catastrophe in History
A second analysis in two days outlines how climate change will cause “the greatest catastrophe in human history” in Africa. Yesterday, Christian Aid predicted that 182 million will die because of climate change by the end of the century. Now evidence submitted to the official report that is being prepared for Tony Blair and Gordon … Read More