This is one of those stories that although you should be outraged about it, you re not surprised at all about it, because you suspected it all along. On the day that five foreign oil companies get their grubby hands...
The day before the Exxon Valdez case makes it to the Supreme Court, Exxon is in court again, this time in a federal court in San Francisco. Exxon, BP and seven oil companies are all being sued by a tiny...
Oil Change International is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to force oil companies to disclose reserves drawn from polluting oil sands, due to their above-average lifecycle emissions of greenhouse gases The SEC is considering to allow companies to...
When the history of BP is written, poor Robert White will probably not get a mention. Tucked away in Canada Tower in London, Robert – shall we call him Bob –is in the Group Trade Mark Department. Although it may...
More than 70 companies have registered to compete for oil extraction and service contracts to help develop Iraq's oil reserves. The news comes just days before the International day of Solidarity against Iraq's controversial Oil Law. Big oil firms such...
Its that time of year again – the worst EU Lobbying and Greenwash Awards 2007. Once again oil companies, car companies, and PR companies working on climate change are on the short-list. If you want to vote go here. The...
Computer giant Dell has announced that the company will go "carbon-neutral" next year, using a mix of energy efficiency upgrades, renewable power purchases and carbon offsets to compensate for the carbon dioxide emissions caused by its operations. The company plans...
They say a week is a long-time in politics, and so it is for ex-politicians. Earlier this week, Al Gore was under fire from a British High Court Judge for making “alarmist” and “exaggerated” claims in his film An Inconvenient...
Democrats in the US Senate say they are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would take billions of dollars in tax breaks and other benefits from the oil industry to underwrite renewable fuels. The tax increases would...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, scholar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, makes a passionate call for G8 action on global warming in today's Huffington Post. "I can think of three billion reasons why President Bush should agree to take action on climate...
