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Antarctic Air Warms Three Times Faster than Elsewhere

Scientists have discovered that temperatures in the Antarctic are rising three times faster than the world as a whole. They have also found the first signs of record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that may be trapping heat...

Pipeline Safety – What One Mother Expects

The BP spill on the North Slope is still reverberating - here is a post to the "safepipelines" discussion group: "You know I get asked all the time variations of; 'what do you expect'. What do you expect us to...

Canada: Running out of Excuses

Embarrassing news from Canada over it's emissions of greenhouse gases. It has admitted that it is unlikely to meet its targets under the Kyoto Protocol. This is made even more embarrassing because Canada is currently the chair of the Conference...

BP: Rich Financial Rewards, Great Reputation but at What Cost?

BP is on course this year to announce the largest profits ever by a British company, with annual profits of over $21bn (£12bn). This is despite the company taking a billion dollar hit over the fallout from Hurricane Katrina. The...

Montreal Fall-Out – Historic Step or Risible Rubbish?

Some two weeks after the UN Montreal talks scraped together an 11th hour deal on climate change there is still a raging debate on whether it was a good deal or not. Environmental groups from Europe were surprising upbeat about...

Chevron Fights Rights Abuse Allegations

Check out this AP article re: Chevron in Ecuador and Nigeria. Quotes from Oil Change, Earthrights, and Amazon Watch. By TERENCE CHEA The Associated Press Sunday, January 1, 2006; 8:32 PM SAN FRANCISCO -- A young boy holds out a...