Shell and BP on course for extreme warming levels
Shell and BP base their business plans on projections of energy use that would lead to a disastrous 4-5 degrees centigrade of global warming
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UK to Issue Fracking Licenses “Within Weeks”, Ignoring New Health Concerns
Over the last few months on this blog, I have pointed out that barely a week goes by without new research raising serious health issues about fracking.
Massive Spill As Canadian Premiers Discuss Energy Strategy
Timing, they say is, everything. Canada’s Premiers are currently meeting at their annual summer gathering to discuss the so-called “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which will dictate the country's energy strategy for years to come.
Missed opportunities: Canadian premiers fail to live up to climate rhetoric
Canadian premiers are meeting this week to discuss the so-called Canadian Energy Strategy – an effort by Canadian provinces and territories to come up with a united front on energy in Canada.
UK Fracking Task Force Calls For Improved Safety Standards
A report by the UK Task Force on Shale Gas has called for greater safety and transparency measures to be implemented before widespread fracking occurs across the country.
Mexico’s “Sale of the Century”
Mexico is opening up its lucrative offshore oil fields for the first time in 80 years, and in the words of the Financial Times, which devotes a whole page of the paper to the subject, “it is shaping up to be quite a feast.”
Shell Suffers Mishap in “Doomed” Arctic Drilling Campaign
Shell’s comedy of errors that is its Arctic drilling campaign never ceases to amaze. You would have thought the oil giant would have learned from its disastrous attempt three years ago when one of its drilling rigs, the Kulluk, ran aground. Another one, the Noble Discoverer, had a near mishap, too.
Albertans Could be “Forced” to Pay for Tar Sands Clean Up
Often the debate about the ecological and cultural impact of the Canadian tar sands focuses on the day to day: the carbon intensity of the mining operations and routine air and water pollution impacting the First Nations and other local communities.