Spare a Thought for Bob at BP
When the history of BP is written, poor Robert White will probably not get a mention. Tucked away in Canada Tower in London, Robert – shall we call him Bob –is in the Group Trade Mark Department. Although it may...
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Over 70 Companies Compete for Iraq Contracts
More than 70 companies have registered to compete for oil extraction and service contracts to help develop Iraq's oil reserves. The news comes just days before the International day of Solidarity against Iraq's controversial Oil Law. Big oil firms such...
The Worst EU Lobbying and Greenwash Awards 2007
Its that time of year again – the worst EU Lobbying and Greenwash Awards 2007. Once again oil companies, car companies, and PR companies working on climate change are on the short-list. If you want to vote go here. The...
Dell Goes “Carbon-Neutral” but Read the Small-print
Computer giant Dell has announced that the company will go "carbon-neutral" next year, using a mix of energy efficiency upgrades, renewable power purchases and carbon offsets to compensate for the carbon dioxide emissions caused by its operations. The company plans...
Gore and IPCC Win Nobel Peace Prize
They say a week is a long-time in politics, and so it is for ex-politicians. Earlier this week, Al Gore was under fire from a British High Court Judge for making “alarmist” and “exaggerated” claims in his film An Inconvenient...
Democrats Talk About Reversing Energy Taxes
Democrats in the US Senate say they are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would take billions of dollars in tax breaks and other benefits from the oil industry to underwrite renewable fuels. The tax increases would...
Will the New Congress Act on Climate?
Will a new Democratic Congress mean a sea-change in environmental and climate change policy? That is the question being asked by many people who voted out the Republicans. Whatever the short-term euphoria, it remains far from certain what will happen...
BP: Three Congressional Hearings into Prudhoe Bay
As well as facing a lawsuit from its shareholders, it has emerged that BP now faces three Congressional hearings into its problems at Prudhoe Bay. Republican Don Young, has scheduled a hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, for...
Another Landmark Judgement Against Shell – Will it Ever Learn?
Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta have suffered yet another significant legal setback. The oil company has been ordered by a Nigerian Court to pay $1.5 billion in damages to communities in Ijaw in Baylesa State for polluting their creeks...
Hot Air But No Action
The European Emission Trading Scheme has been getting about as much bad publicity as BP recently. The latest hounding comes from Times columnist, Camilla Cavendish, who attacks the ETS in a good old fashioned rant. She says: "Those of us...