Great Australian Bight and Great Barrier Reef Both Under Threat
Two of Australia’s most iconic marine national treasures are under threat from climate change and fossil fuel extraction.
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Oil Bottoms Out, But is US Shale Too Wounded to Respond?
Eventually what goes down, must come up. And to the relief of everyone in the oil industry, the global energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that there are signs that oil prices "might have bottomed out.”
Betting on success: Cross-border action for a safer climate
This Thursday, President Obama will host Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau at a state dinner – the first such official dinner between the two nation’s leaders in almost two decades. The event signals not only a new relationship between the two...
Great Barrier Grief
The environmental community is mourning the death of the award-winning photographer, Gary Braasch, who died yesterday doing a job he loved. He was snorkelling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef documenting the effects of climate change.
Oil Spill on Sakhalin Island “Systematic” of Wider Problem
The leading Russian oil company, Rosneft, is currently under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office on the Russian island of Sakhalin for a large oil spill which occurred last week.
Business Model of Big Oil “Fundamentally Flawed”
Written anywhere but the Financial Times, an article on the future of the oil industry might just pass you by.
BP energy outlook “not credible” – Oil Change International response
Dressed in a veneer of concern about climate change, in fact BP’s outlook is a public relations exercise, designed to boost fossil fuels and undermine public faith in clean alternatives. Meanwhile it deflects responsibility to government or to coal companies,...
Half of US Shale Producers “Could Go Bankrupt”
So the slide continues with no end in sight. As expected this morning, the oil price has fallen below $28 a barrel on the back of the historic news over the weekend of sanctions being lifted on Iran.
Judge Tells Delta 5 “You are Part of the Solution”
Well we will have to wait for another day and another trial for an American jury to rule on the “necessity defence” for direct action to prevent climate change.
California Methane Leak “Will Take Months” to Fix
It is increasingly being seen as America’s worst environmental disaster since BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout in 2010 and has led to thousands of people being evicted from their homes.