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Golden Opportunity or Wasted Opportunity?

It is always difficult writing something positive about the UN climate change talks. So will the latest round of climate talks at Doha be any different?

The Carbon Gap Gets Bigger

Instead of actually decreasing, the gap between the reduction in carbon dioxide that governments have committed to and the cuts that scientists say are necessary has widened.

It’s Official: Canada is the 51st State!

The United States of America has finally acquired the vast territory of Canada and its massive fossil fuel resources. The acquisition appears to have been made via an episode of collective wishful thinking and misinformation, triggered by an optimistic report...

Rigging the Gas Game

The big energy companies are rigging the market to make excessive profits, if the claims of a key whistleblower are to be believed

The Next President Must Act on Climate

As the world watches with baited breath as to who will become the next President of the US, there are increasingly calls that whoever wins the election must radically tackle climate change. Whilst this election has been widely criticised for...

“No Dash for Gas” Ends Protest

This morning the last two protesters from the "No Dash for Gas" group occupying the chimney of a huge gas power station in the UK intend to end their protest having shut the new power station down for a week....

Supersized Sandy Breaks Climate Silence

[caption id="attachment_12860" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://ontherealny.com/[/caption] As President Obama declared a state of emergency in the wake of Sandy’s pounding of New York City, there are an increasing number of voices arguing that this really is climate change in action. Yesterday,...

Japanese – China Conflict “All About Oil”

It was planned to be the year of friendship between China and Japan, but instead we have a brewing conflict over oil. The headlines of the burgeoning diplomatic spat between China and Japan may be about “disputed islands” but make...

Fracking … Its Not Actually About Sex

Fracking may be causing protests from America to Europe, but in South Africa, the latest country to lift a ban on the activity, many of the locals don’t even know what the practice entails. Earlier this month, South Africa lifted...