Great sketch in yesterday’s Washington Post by Dana Milbank about the hypocrisy of America’s politicians when it comes to driving. Suddenly as the price of fuel reaches $3 a gallon, everyone is up in arms. They preach that America has...
George W. Bush, who proclaimed America’s “oil addiction,” in his January State of the Union address, exhibited a classic symptom of addiction Tuesday: denial. As the price of a gallon of gas heads for (and beyond) three dollars, Mr. Bush...
BP's CEO, John Browne, has warned that fear was driving the price of crude to artificially high levels, with "untold consequences" for the global economy. He argued that turbulence in Iran, Iraq and Nigeria was leading to continual speculation about...
Celebrated UK green activist and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, today argues that “This is embarrassing, but I've become a fossil fuel supporter”. He argues: “I find myself at odds with almost everyone, by deciding, at the worst possible moment, that...
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...
BP and Exxon both make top ten worst companies in 2005, according to Multinational Monitor. BP "In November 2005, BP said that it expects to spend as much as $8 billion in alternative-energy projects, including solar, wind, hydrogen and carbon-abatement...
The World Bank has unveiled a new project to promote the use of clean energy in developing countries, where it argues that up to 40 billion dollars a year is needed to cover the costs of adapting to projected climate...
Today is the Global Call to Action Against Burma’s SHWE Gas Project. Human rights activists in over 20 countries will be protesting against the controversial project at South Korean Embassies and Daewoo Offices. For more info see: www.shwe.org.
A quarter century ago, when I began purchasing cigarettes and gasoline in significant quantities, a pack of smokes and a gallon of gas went for about the same price – 65 or 70 cents. Last week, a gallon gas was...
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...
