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Lukewarm Response to “Centrist” Clean Energy Bill

As President Obama has breakfast with Prime Minister Gordon Brown,Β  and demonstrators start taking to the streets to protest at the G20, we should not forget the events of yesterday. Congressman Henry Waxman and Ed Markey released a discussion draft...

If you lose, just appeal and then appeal again…

Big oil and big tobacco have always had one major advantage when it comes to lawsuits. Their pot of money to defend themselves is on a different scale to the opposition. Lose one round, and they just fight on –...

Russia Warns of Oil Wars in the Arctic

A true addict does not know that it is addicted. It does not know when to seek help. It cannot tell when its actions move from the sublime to the ridiculous. It cannot tell it is time to wean itself...

“I Wouldn’t Dare Do That Now”

As Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' trip to the oil sands continues to be be spun as positive news for the oil industry, here is Kenny Bruno's second blog from Alberta that highlights the real story: "North of the tar...

Climate Risk Set to Impact Oil Sands Development

It must be depressing being a banker these days. As stock markets plunge, banks go to the wall and confidence crumbles you will be looking for a safe place to invest your money. Gold is looking a good bet these...

Slick Senate Votes

Its not only the recent climate vote that suggests the influence of Big Oil in the Senate. Yesterday the Senate took two more votes where the influence of Big Oil was arguably a Big Factor. Yesterday the Senate voted down...

β€œWe are holding ourselves hostage to the weather”

Such has been the race to embrace biofuels that in the rush we forgot about the risks. We conveniently forgot about how food going to fuel would exacerbate food shortages and hence push up food prices. We conveniently forgot that...

In Peru, It’s All About The Oil

As Lima prepares to receive over 60 heads of state for the EU/LAC Summit to discuss poverty, sustainable development, climate change and energy, a grand drama of indigenous people versus oil is playing out in Peru’s vast Amazon region, 70%...

MEND launches another attack in Nigeria…

No let up in the chaos of Nigeria. Rebels from the Niger Delta blew up a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline yesterday, forcing the firm to cut production, helping keep world oil prices near record highs as a consequence. It was...

Biofuels: the Burning Question ….

From today in the UK, all petrol and diesel sold on forecourts must contain at least 2.5 per cent biofuel. Although the Government insists its flagship environmental policy will make Britain's 33 million vehicles greener, there is a huge amount...