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...
Here is the official news: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has driven the FTSE London market to a new five-and-a-half year high, as shares in the company lifted 3 per cent after its third quarter figures came in better than...
Think the idea that gas and oil prices have been driven down in advance of the election is exclusively the province of lefty liberal bloggers? Check out this piece on New York Global Securities Analyst Phillip Miller's investment advice on...
Check out New York Global Securities analyst Phillip Miller's investment advice on oil, which boils down to: buy now, because the price is going back up after the election. "We believe that the last three major declines in the price...
BP and Shell caused almost $50 billion of environmental and social damage last year - double the amount of profits they made in the past 12 months - according to a report by WWF and the New Economics Foundation. The...
In his latest book, Paul Brown ex-environment editor at The Guardian ponders how close we are to the tipping point of runaway climate change. The phrase "tipping point" is certainly heard a lot more from scientists these days. It is,...
Hidden incentives to oil companies to develop oil shale reserves in the US could amount to billions of dollars, according to a report in the LA Times. According to the paper: “Tucked into a massive energy bill that would open...
Leading climate scientists have told the government that a “severe clampdown” on air travel will be necessary for the UK government to meet its CO2 reduction targets. Researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change believe that the number of...
