European politicians may talk up the progress they are making on climate change, however the biofuels sector is still struggling to meet targets. A new survey by Paris-based consortium Eurobserver, has found that EU production of biofuels in 2010 is...
A leaked email has revealed that BP faces criminal investigation into the huge 270,000 gallon oil spill the company caused in Alaska in March. Although BP received the subpoena in April from a Grand Jury, it has only now become...
OK, I don’t really love expensive gasoline. A better title would be “I Hate Cheap Gasoline.” Illogical? Perhaps, but not compared to the hysterical and incoherent reaction of some of my fellow Americans, both politicians and average citizens, to $3...
Renewable energy sill only accounts for 14 percent of the energy consumed in the world today, according to new figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA). This compares to six percent for nuclear power and a massive 80 percent for...
Now that Sy Hersh has exposed the administration's plans to attack Iran (call it "reverse stovepiping"), civic leaders like Jesse Jackson are calling for a halt to the madness of would-be king George. In yesterday's Chicago Sun-Times, Jackson said: “Here...
Tens of thousands of animals and plants could become extinct within the coming decades as a direct result of climate change, according to a new study. Scientists believe that if atmospheric levels of CO2 double - as expected by 2100...
Great article from Business Week Magazine about how Exxon attacked Greenpeace through an organisation called Public Interest Watch. Although this was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, what was not reported was the role of the shadowy PR firm...
Some of the British media are acting more akin to NGOs than impartial by-standers on climate change. In print, the Independent newspaper has been collecting readers' views. Now ITV is undertaking a special global investigation.. Since mid-February ITV's Science Editor,...
The WSJ reports that ExxonMobil is the key funder of a front group called Public Interest Watch which has been pushing the IRS to audit Greenpeace. Greenpeace says an IRS auditor told it that the PIW letter triggered the audit....
They may be in favour at the White House, but a new report attacks the concept of biofuels being the panacea for either climate change or energy security. Written by the British-based think tank Science in Society (ISIS), it says...
