The British Government’s formal announcement today to consult on whether to offer between £10,000 to £20,000 to every household affected by fracking as part of a “Shale Wealth Fund” has been being met with increasing outrage and opposition.
As much of the world is pre-occupied with the Greek financial crisis, oil giant Shell is quietly carrying on with its plans to drill in the Arctic.
There were two different actions over the last few days in Paris, with the same underlying message: as we enter the so-called business end of the COP21 talks, there can be no more false solutions to climate change.
It’s that time of year again. Over in Europe, a coalition of NGOs is running the “Worst EU Lobbying Awards” and one of the categories for this year’s award is “climate”. There are three nominees for companies and organisations who...
Things are hotting up in the Niger Delta again and once again Shell finds itself at the centre of the vortex of violence and conflict. On Saturday the company had to shut three oil flow stations in the Delta region...
The filing comes from a politically motivated, month-old LLC, and appears to be entirely disconnected from anything resembling a viable attempt to complete Jordan Cove LNG.
Call comes as world energy ministers descend on London for energy security summit
New BankTrack report highlights that commercial banks are ignoring climate limits, financing a record US$88 billion for coal operations in 2013.
The Chinese state oil company, CNOOC has become the first Chinese oil company to invest in Arctic oil.
[caption id="attachment_4803" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Sandison/Greenpeace"][/caption] “Don’t Worry” - be happy – that is Tony Hayward’s birthday message to his staff. Hayward has returned home to London to chair a crisis board meeting, trying to give his staff an upbeat message....
