Three months ago, I predicted airlines would feel the first pinch of peak oil. They’re pinched and passengers are screaming. My ears are full of complaints from friends who’ve been traveling in the past month. I’ve got to fly in...
Carbon emissions from aircraft and lorries delivering food to British supermarkets and restaurants have increased so much that they are now at record levels, the UK government has admitted. Road and air food miles generated nearly 18 million tonnes of...
The League of Conservation Voters has launched a campaign to demand that politicians make global warming and clean energy a priority in the 2006 elections. They are asking people to sign their Global Warming Leadership Petition. According to the LCV,...
Anyone out there who was hoping that new Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson would steer the company in a different strategic direction from his predecessor Lee “the dinosaur” Raymond, should think again. We are not going to see a sudden greening...
It’s official. According to Exxon and its latest Corporate Citizenship Report it is not a dinosaur when it comes to climate change or corporate responsibility. The company is actually committed to “meeting energy demand in an economically, environmentally, and socially...
Two weeks ago we blogged how Canada was back-tracking on it climate change commitments. Now, it seems, the country has gone further and said that it wants the Kyoto Agreement scapped altogether. Twenty two pages of leaked instructions from the...
The headline says it all: "The Man Who Sold the Planet". Today’s Independent newspaper launches a major offensive at Exxon and Lee Raymond, the "Darth Vader of global warming" for their “denial that carbon emissions cause climate change”. Reporting on...
Britain’s most prestigious scientific body, the Royal Society, has drawn up plans to fight renewed attempts by sceptics and industry-funded lobby groups to derail international action on climate change.According to a confidential internal memo, the Royal Society expects "groups and...
As crude-oil prices hit record highs, US congressional leaders are planning to ask President Bush to order an investigation into possible price gouging by oil companies. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, plan to send a...
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...
