Obama’s Foolish Move
Less than a month ago, Barack Obama told us he wants to open 167 million acres of America’s continental shelf to oil drilling. At the time, he promised the nation that we have the technology to do this in a...
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BP forced to come clean over spill size: Ordered to stop using toxic dispersant
For a month now people have been demanding that BP comes clean over the amount of oil being spilt in the Gulf of Mexico. For a month BP has resisted. For a month now, people have been saying that the...
BP’s Future Now Depends on Iraq
It is no coincidence that on “Tony’s Tour to Rebuild BP’s Battered Reputation”, its CEO Tony Hayward will visit China next week. BP may be getting a kicking in America, but China and Russia remain central to its plans. BP’s...
Protestors and Advisors Tell UK Gov to Act on Climate
Headline on the BBC’s flagship radio show, the Today programme at 8.00 AM this morning: 20-odd Greenpeace protestors have spent the night on the House of Commons to highlight the government’s lack of action on climate change. Next headline: a...
Oil Industry Astroturf Campaign Exposed
You really didn’t think that the oil industry would just roll over and give up without a fight on the US Waxman-Markey Climate Bill did you? Just a couple of days ago I blogged about how many people had lobbied...
A Marriage Made for Mordor
As the oil price continues to delay development in the controversial and dirty oil sands, two Canadian oil companies have responded by consolidating their operations and merging. When Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada announced earlier this week that they were to...
Iraq: Politicians Pledge to “Push Shell Out”
Only last Thursday, the boss of oil company Shell Jeroen van der Veer suggested that the oil giant was interested in joining forces with China on a number of oil projects in Iraq. "We are in the process of forming...
Shell: “A tough year to come in Nigeria”
Yesterday a campaign was launched, called ShellGuilty. It is intended to stop Shell’s on-going gas flaring in the Niger Delta and to campaign for justice for the Ogoni people. The campaign highlights many of the issues that will come to...
Dear President Elect …
Millions of people the world over will be inspired by your victory last night. After the deep divisive years of the Bush Administration the thought of change coming to America is not a day too soon. I know you are...
“I Will Point Out Hypocricy”
As the price of oil plummets below $50 a barrel, the price of gasoline falls too. The high oil prices and record gas prices of the summer now seem years away. As we fill up our cars, the temptation will...