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G20: “There’s just no action behind the words”

As G20 leaders prepare to meet later this week in South Korea, they face a daunting in-tray. But amongst the issues they need to address are fossil fuel subsidies. In part they have created a rod for their own back....

Deepwater Increases Chance of “Oil Crunch”

Its not rocket science. But if you delay further expansion of offshore drilling because of the Deepwater disaster, then you risk compromising the supply of future oil supplies. If deepwater drilling is where over a quarter of new oil reserves...

The Boom Times Are Back

From one disaster to another.. Early on during Deepwater, I blogged on how the Canadians were looking to exploit the spill to push their dirty oil. The fact has not been lost on the industry bible, the Petroleum Economist, (PE)...

Court rules companies can’t be sued under Alien Tort

This is bad news, which could have serious ramifications for holding companies legally accountable in the US for their operations abroad. And it has virtually received no press attention at all. Last Friday the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

For this, we are risking our coasts

[caption id="attachment_4680" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Graphic showing offshore drilling vs. total US consumption"][/caption] This graph, produced by Architecture 2030, is for the new oil offshore - it doesn't break out the existing production offshore in the central and western gulf, which...

“It’s got the real smell of death”

And no, we are not talking about the seas of the Gulf of Mexico, where an unknown amount of wildlife is dying and will die due to BP’s oil spill. And no, we are not talking about the nationally renowned...

From Humpty Dumpty, to Mr Bean to Mr Has-Been..

Did we get any real answers from Tony Hayward yesterday when he appeared before an influential Congressional cmmittee? No Did we get the truth from Hayward, currently depicted as the most hated man in America? No All we got from...

Yet More Criticism of Shell’s Nigerian Operations

Yesterday it was internal criticism of Shell’s Nigerian operations. Today it is external criticism. A new report by the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) argues that Shell can improve its negative social and environmental impacts in the Niger Delta....