There was always going to be a massive problem for the oil industry over the massive gap between its green rhetoric and its recent investment in the most polluting fuel on the planet, tar sands. Moreover, how do you reconcile...
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...
As news leaks out that the Alberta's government has launched a C$25 million PR campaign to greenwash oil sands, here is Kenny's final post from Alberta. Kenny goes behind the spin: "The rest of the world must share that hope....
Every now and then you get a small, but significant shift in the battle against climate change and this could be one of those moments. One of the America’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants has been forced to now...
Oh it’s so good to be back. After a 35 year absence Shell has become the first western oil company to land a major deal with the government in Baghdad since the invasion of the country five years ago. They...
Two weeks ago a jury in Britain ruled that it is acceptable to break the law if you are protesting against climate change. They acquitted six Greenpeace protestors who had been charged with $70,000 worth of criminal damage after painting...
With the global financial crisis taking centre stage coupled with the US election you would be forgiven for forgetting that there is an election going on in Canada too, which will be held in a couple of weeks. So why...
Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has confirmed that discussions with Baghdad over Iraq’s controversial oil law would continue within two weeks. “We will be traveling to Baghdad to start negotiations on the oil law in two weeks. It’s important that...
A survey by a major PR company, Fleishman-Hillard into how Americans and Canadians reconciled the need for new oil supplies against environmental concerns, has come up with some interesting facts: Despite the furore over oil sands, it found that less...
As oil creeps towards an unprecedented $150 a barrel the Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora has denied that India and China were responsible for the recent oil rise. Deori said that the growth in consumption in India...
