Originally posted at http://www.markfloegel.org If you’re a long time reader of these commentaries, you may have noticed the recurrence of a limited repertoire of subjects – the Iraq war, global warming, the evisceration of civil liberties in the U.S. and...
In January Germany takes over the Presidency of the G8 and EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made addressing climate change a high priority on Germany's agenda for its EU and G8 presidencies that begin in January. Now two German...
The Republican Congress may be on its last legs but it is still kicking. A plan to open more than 8 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling was included in a tax package that...
No surprises here really. Iraq is sliding into civil war, the dollar may be sliding towards a crisis, the Bush Administration may be sliding towards the history books, but least it’s its belligerent and blinkered attitude towards climate change isn’t...
Emissions of carbon dioxide have accelerated sharply, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project. It has calculated that, whereas emissions were rising by less than 1% annually up to the year 2000, they are now rising at...
A new report warns Britain's looming energy gap could cost the country more than £100bn a year in less than a decade from now. The analysis by the business services group LogicaCMG believes that the energy gap could arrive much...
There are always two ways to tell a story. Read the BBC this morning and you would believe that the Climate talks in Nairobi reached agreement. The headline on the BBC’s website is that “Nairobi climate talks end in deal”....
Just when you thought the debate on climate change was done and dusted, an annoying climate sceptic has popped up trying to continue the oil industry’s campaign to deny and delay action on the issue. For the last couple of...
So its judgment day in the US mid-terms. Most pundits believe that the Democrats will makes gains but whether it will be enough to overturn the Republican majorities in both the House and Senate is anyone’s guess. It’s up to...
In a move that has echoes of a year ago, Russia has announced that it is to double the price of gas to its neighbour Georgia. The move is being seen as part of its increasingly bitter campaign of retribution...
