More bad news for corals. Whole stretches of pristine coral reefs have been turned into “slime-covered rubble” because of rising sea temperatures caused by climate change according to a new study in the Seychelles. "Some of the reefs have collapsed...
With the melting of the ice after eight months, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant is set to enter a crucial offshore construction phase in the development of its $20bn [£11.2bn] oil and gas programme. Wildlife campaigners say the price of the...
Now – you might start thinking we have it in for BP, especially in the Arctic region. No, this is not true. The company seems to be doing enough damage to its corporate reputation and the environment without us. But...
Revealing comments from Christophe de Margerie, head of exploration for Total and heir presumptive to the leadership of the French energy multinational. Interviewed by the Times earlier in the week he argued that the world lacks the means to produce...
Not that this is news on its own, but an ABC/Washington Post poll, released yesterday, shows that a whopping 74% believe he's mishandling "the situation with gas prices". Thanks to Greenpeace for the heads up.
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...
Interesting article from today's Independent about how Bush's remarks on oil addicition have boosted the renewable energy sector. So maybe he did some good after all. "When President George Bush talked about the US being 'addicted to oil' this year,...
More insightful comments from readers in today's Independent: "The scientific background to the climate change debate is rather frightening, so that those with knowledge and power are stunned by the problems ahead. If they are not addressed, I foresee the...
Yesterday, The Independent newspaper in the UK did something rather amazing - it asked it's readers for their views. Rather than giving readers the usual dose of opinion from the great and the good, the paper asked for the opinion...
The day before Tony Blair addresses a key scientific conference on climate change in New Zealand, the British government has finally admitted what many long suspected, that - wait for it - it will fail to meet its often repeated...
