The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study. It calculates that annual emissions from the world's merchant fleet have already reached 1.12bn tonnes of CO2,...
It’s a warning of biblical proportions. Food crops could be ravaged this century by an explosion in the numbers of insect pests caused by rising global temperatures, according to scientists who have carried out an exhaustive survey of plant damage...
As the US government invites tenders for oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea, just days before a ruling on whether the polar bear should be added to the list of endangered species, it is facing a new scandal....
Something of a “Shell feel” to the blog today. Three stories all about the oil major. First up a story from Davos. Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Shell has warned that demand for oil and gas will outstrip...
The former chief executive of British oil giant BP, Lord Browne, can avoid extensive face-to-face grilling from plaintiffs' lawyers about the deadly March 2005 explosion at the company's Texas City refinery, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled. While the ruling...
U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman has pleaded with Saudi Arabia for more oil, undeterred by OPEC's cautious response to Washington's request so far. Bodman told reporters in Abu Dhabi there were short-term concerns about the performance of the U.S. economy...
The directors of two Interior Department agencies said yesterday they're confident oil and gas exploration in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska can proceed without threatening polar bears that depend on the sea ice. The officials appeared before a Congressional committee...
The world is slowly going mad: we have the Premier of Alberta saying that the ecological downsides of extracting oil sands is a “myth”, yet we all know that oil sands development is the most ecologically destructive process ever invented...
Pat the Polar Bear joined the Oil Change International team to greet Alberta’s Premier Ed Stelmach during his tar sands promotional trip to Washington, D.C. Even as Canadians rank climate as one of their highest concerns, the country is moving...
Interesting post by Cathy Duvall, the Sierra Club Political Director on Huffington Post about the importance of climate change in the New Hampshire primaries. Cathy writes: “The media may not be paying close attention, but in New Hampshire it's easy...
