Yesterday the environmental campaign group Greenpeace announced it was launching a three-month expedition to analyse the impact of BP’s oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise will “host independent scientists who will be researching...
First it was a question, said more like a whisper. Surely BP will survive the spill? The concept that such a corporate giant could be felled by one outrageous irresponsible act would have been unthinkable even a few weeks ago....
Remarks made by Shell CEO, Peter Voser to the Financial Times Energy Editor that his company has “clearly scaled down” its plans for a massive expansion of tar sands production should send waves of anxiety through the Canadian oil industry...
Years and years ago I sat in a meeting entitled “Talking with the Enemy” where a bunch of enviros sat down with leading corporate executives and talked about the topical issues of the day. One of the participants was the...
In the run up to the crucial climate conference in Copenhagen, and impending legislation on CO2 in the US congress, the sceptics are planning one final fight on the science of climate change. Next month the right wing think tank,...
It is over fifty years ago when the then Chief Executive of General Motors, Charles Wilson, famously told the Senate in 1953 that “for years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and...
Research has cast new doubt on the wisdom of using Sun-blocking sulphate particles to cool the planet. Sulphate injections are one of several "geo-engineering" solutions to climate change being discussed by scientists. But data published in Science journal suggests the...
Another nail in the coffin for the climate sceptics. Changes in the sun's intensity are not behind modern climate change, new evidence suggests. The research, carried out by physicists at Lancaster University in the UK, undermines claims by climate sceptics...
It’s only a snippet really, buried deep in an article by a columnist on the Edmonton Sun, but its revealing all the same. Their columnist, Graham Hicks, says that every couple of years he sits down with University of Alberta...
The Union of Concerned Scientists has become the latest in a long line of organizations to criticize Exxon Mobil for spending millions of dollars to manipulate public opinion over climate change. Drawing parallels with the tactics of the tobacco industry,...
