The Anchorage Daily News reports how “opponents of oil drilling in ANWR – the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - are going on the offense after playing defense for a quarter of a century. They want the new Democratic Congress to...
Tony Blair’s Government may be forced by opposition MPs to adopt tougher targets to reduce carbon emissions in order to step up its fight against climate change. A Tory policy review group favours an 80 per cent reduction which is...
There is a classic industry public relations tactic called the 3 technique – Deny, Delay and Dominate. For years Exxon has pursued this strategy over climate change very aggressively. The company has denied for years that climate change is a...
A year after warning that America was addicted to oil, President Bush is expected to renew concerns about energy security in his State of the Union address tomorrow night. But despite his positive rhetoric, little has changed over the last...
Poor old George. One week he tries to paint himself green, and manages to mention climate change for the first time in his State of the Union address. The next week, his administration is accused of systemic tampering with the...
A controversial land swap proposal could open portions of an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, but the scheme is already dividing native Alaskans. Supporters of the plan to exchange land in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, which lies...
It's the race for the ultimate ecological accolade. Four countries are competing to be the first of the world's 195 nations to go entirely carbon neutral. Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Costa Rica have formally signed up to go zero...
Over the last eight years, millions of people have protested and marched against the injustices, excesses and ineptitude of the Bush Administration. The most recent and most famous is now the Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at...
In another break from the failed Bush policies, today President Obama is expected to direct federal regulators to allow an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards. Known as the “Californian...
One by one the building blocks of Obama’s Presidency are taking place and the White House begins to take on a tinge of green. In yet another break from the disastrous Bush years, Obama’s Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has...
