The Washington Post leads this morning on how the critical players in the Gulf disaster are all hiring public relations consultants like they are going out of fashion to try and repair their battered and bruised images. BP, according to...
So the most iconic oilman of his generation, Lord Browne, has finally published his memoirs of his time at BP in a book called "beyond business". Whilst most of the reviews so far concentrate on him being gay and his...
In the course of the past month, BP tripled the number of tar sands projects it’s developing, from one to three. While it rocked the tar sands industry back in December 2007, with its announcement of a joint venture with...
The European Parliament’s delegation to Copenhagen has its reputation in tatters after it has emerged that the far-right, racist leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin will be part of the official delegation. For anyone who may have heard...
The pseudo garbage that constitutes the British Daily Express newspaper yesterday ran a headline saying climate change was a con to put up taxes Quoting yet another climate sceptic the Express served up a disservice to journalism, by completely manipulating...
So the second week begins and it’s not looking good at all. The Times newspaper reports that key decisions could be delayed for up to six years if the Copenhagen summit delivers a compromise deal. The paper says that world...
After the severe disappointment of the Copenhagen Summit, when a watered-down wet blanket of a deal was signed, recriminations have flown far and fast with both China and the US being signalled out for blame. Depending on who you talk...
So the United Arab Emirates has won the race to host the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) beating off competition from Bonn and Vienna. Never mind that the UAE has the highest per capita carbon footprint in the world,...
Many people working on climate change have long dismayed at the apathy on the issue expressed by leading politicians. They talk action but do nothing. With just months to go to the critical UN climate conference in December, Al Gore...
Australia has been accused of watering down demands for radical action at the Pacific Islands States conference, that has just finished in Cairns, Australia. At the start of the conference the Pacific Island states were demanding a 45 per cent...
